Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Fiscal Policies and the Macroeconomy: An Overview
(Charles Amo-Yartey, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA)
International Dimensions of Fiscal Policy
(Gilbert Koenig, and Irem Zeyneloglu, Strasbourg University, France)
Can an Economy Work without Public Debt?
(S³awomir I. Bukowski, Head of the Department of International Business & Finance within the structure of the Faculty of Economics in K. Pu³aski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Poland. Deputy Rector in K. Pulaski University of technology and Humanities in Radom)
Stimulus or Austerity: Which Policy is a Road to a Healthy Economy?
(Rafael Yanushevsky and Camilla Yanushevsky, University of Maryland and Research and Technology Consulting)
Productivity or Demand Shocks and Correction of Current Account Imbalances in the EMU
(Séverine Menguy, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan in France)
On the Long-Term Impact of a Fiscal Devaluation: An Application to the Portuguese Case
(Alfredo M. Pereira, Rui M. Pereira, and Pedro G. Rodrigues, College of William and Mary, and others)
The Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Good and Bad Times
(Yehenew Endegnanew, Research Officer in the External Economic Analysis and International Relations Directorate at the National Bank of Ethiopia)
What is the Appropriate Debt Ceiling for Small States?
(Nkunde Mwase, Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Central Bank of Tanzania)
How to Avoid a Darkening Debt Storm in the Caribbean: Lessons from the Banking Union Framework in the Euro Area
(Andrew Hughes Hallett and Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, USA, and Professor of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Fiscal Policy and Competiveness in the Caribbean
(Wendell Samuel, International Monetary Fund)
Policy Lessons from Postmortems of Jamaica’s Two Recent Debt Exchanges
(R. Brian Langrin, Senior Director and the Head of the Financial Stability Department at the Bank of Jamaica)
Estimating the Structural Fiscal Balance in Small Islands: A Case Study of Grenada
(Nkunde Mwase and Sheila Bassett, Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Central Bank of Tanzania)
Fiscal Policy Rules and Fiscal Performance: Country Experiences and Lessons
(Charles Amo-Yartey and Joel Chiedu Okwuokei, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA, and others)
Index