Do Fiscal Spillovers Matter?
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Summary:
The paper assesses the impact of fiscal spillovers on growth in the context of a coordinated exit from crisis management policies. We find that despite potentially sizeable domestic effects from consolidation, aggregate negative spillovers to other countries are likely to be contained in 2011-2012 unless fiscal multipliers and/or imports elasticities are very large. Small and open European economies, however, will be substantially affected in any case. In contrast, the coordinated exit from fiscal stimulus will have limited direct effect on European peripheral countries since they are relatively closed, with the notable exception of Ireland.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2011/211
Subject:
Expenditure Financial sector policy and analysis Fiscal consolidation Fiscal policy Imports International trade Spillovers
English
Publication Date:
September 1, 2011
ISBN/ISSN:
9781463902315/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2011211
Pages:
43
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