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| dc.title | The Role of Institutional Quality on the Effects of Fiscal Stimulus |
| dc.contributor.author | Avellán, Leopoldo |
| dc.contributor.author | Galindo, Arturo |
| dc.contributor.author | Leon-Diaz, John |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness |
| dc.coverage | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-31T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2020-04-24T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper provides evidence on the effect of fiscal stimulus on economic activity for countries with different degrees of institutional quality. For a panel of 113 countries during the period 1988-2017, we find evidence that an increment of 1% in government consumption yields a sizable, persistent and stable increase in economic activity of 0.9% in countries with higher institutional quality. |
| dc.format.extent | 23 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002316 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Role-of-Institutional-Quality-on-the-Effects-of-Fiscal-Stimulus.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Fiscal Policy |
| dc.subject | Public Investment |
| dc.subject | Economic Development |
| dc.subject | Political Institution |
| dc.subject.jelcode | E62 - Fiscal Policy |
| dc.subject.jelcode | E32 - Business Fluctuations • Cycles |
| dc.subject.jelcode | E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy |
| dc.subject.keywords | Fiscal policy;Economic activity;Institutional quality |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-WP-01113 |
| idb.operation | BK-C2031 |