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The Role for Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policy in Singapore
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Eskesen, Leif Lybecker |
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January 1, 2009 |
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Summary: Singapore's policymakers have often used fiscal policy as a counter-cyclical tool. Empirical results based on a structural autoregression framework suggest that fiscal policy can be used for demand management, although the impact may be somewhat short lived. The short-lived impact could reflect a number of factors, including the absence of credit-constrained economic agents, a high propensity to save among households, monetary focus on price stability, and leakages due to economic openness. Notwithstanding, fiscal policy should still play a key stabilizing role in the current downturn given the downside risks to growth and the vast fiscal space.
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Working Paper No. 09/8 |
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Fiscal policy | Singapore | External shocks | Economic stabilization | Price stabilization | Cross country analysis | Economic models |
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Fiscal policy
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