An international empirical study on the fiscal surplus from the perspective of sectoral balances
The simultaneous recording of public surplus with current account deficit in a national economy could be related to strong private leverage that usually ends in financial crisis, what would make the public surplus unsustainable. The objective of this work is to check the extent to which this claim...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Huelva
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Revista de Economía Mundial |
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| Online Access: | https://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/REM/article/view/7094 |
| Summary: | The simultaneous recording of public surplus with current account deficit in a national economy could be related to strong private leverage that usually ends in financial crisis, what would make the public surplus unsustainable. The objective of this work is to check the extent to which this claim is bolstered by empirical support. The results reveal that, in effect, the concurrence of public surpluses and current account deficits is associated with private leverage processes and financial crises. These outcomes question the design of the current fiscal rules since they don’t pay attention to the current account balance.
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| ISSN: | 1576-0162 2340-4264 |