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El mapa de la descentralización fiscal en Chile
A partir de una propuesta de Boex y Simatupang (2008) esta investigación estima un indicador de 'empoderamiento fiscal' municipal para Chile (EF) que combina un índice de autonomía fiscal con una medición del grado de control de los residentes sobre el gasto municipal (voice). La principal conclusión ...
Procyclicality of fiscal policy in emerging countries: the cycle is the trend
Economic research on fiscal policy has shown that while developed economies tend to run countercyclical fiscal policies Latin American countries have been characterized by procyclical policies. One of the explanations given to this phenomenon is that high external debt causes severe constraints on the ...
Riding the roller coaster: fiscal policies of nonrenewable resource exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
In the last decade the prices of nonrenewable resources which constitute a critical source of fiscal revenue in many Latin American and Caribbean countries recorded sharp swings correlated with economic growth developments in the world and in the region. Similar episodes in the past led to boom and ...
Why do countries have fiscal rules?
Professor Vittorio Corbo in whose honor this conference is organized has an outstanding academic and professional career that spans teaching research policy making and advice provided to the private sector international institutions and governments. In the latter capacity of government advisor he ...
Chile’s fiscal rule as social insurance
Well before the Great Recession of 2009 put fiscal policy debates in the front burner commodity-exporting countries had to deal with important fiscal policy dilemmas stemming from revenue volatility and eventual depletion. Chilean policymakers have been at the forefront in this area since adopting a ...
Why do countries have fiscal rules?
Las reformas a las instituciones fiscales y las reglas fiscales persiguen diversos objetivos: fortalecer la solvencia y la sostenibilidad fiscal contribuir a la estabilización macroeconómica y estimular la resiliencia frente a la corrupción estatal y el cabildeo del sector privado. Estos objectivos ...