OECD Journal on Budgeting: Volume 5 Issue 4: Design Choices for Fiscal Policy Rules

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Source: OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 5, Number 4, September 2006 , pp. 163-213(51)

Publisher: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Abstract:

This article discusses issues regarding budget process rules in the context of the current pattern of rising fiscal deficits. It begins by explaining the premise that budget process rules have multiple objectives, and so must be judged according to multiple criteria. Prominent among those criteria, given the apparent economic sluggishness of the early years of the 1990s and the resulting fiscal deficits, are how any particular set of rules might facilitate economic recovery and growth, but also maintain fiscal responsibility and public credibility.

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2006-09-01