Fiscal adjustment and contingent government liabilities: case studies of the Czech Republic and Macedonia

Governments' contingent liabilities increase fiscal vulnerability, but are omitted in traditional measures of the current deficit. In the Czech Republic this omission may mean that fiscal adjustment has been overstated by 3 to 4 percent of annual GDP, with future budgets having to pay for past...

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Main Author: Poláčkova Brixi, Hana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC ; s.l. Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Development Economics 1999
Series:Policy research working paper 2177
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Governments' contingent liabilities increase fiscal vulnerability, but are omitted in traditional measures of the current deficit. In the Czech Republic this omission may mean that fiscal adjustment has been overstated by 3 to 4 percent of annual GDP, with future budgets having to pay for past guarantees. The stock of existing contingent liabilities in Macedonia could add 2 to 4 percent of GDP to that country's future deficits
Item Description:"September 1999"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30)
Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[1999]
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (41 Seiten) Illustrationen 28 cm