APPLICATION OF NORMS FOR FISCAL DEFICITS

his article analyzes the shortfall in tax revenue  on the basis of the following aspects; its situation during the Second World War; criticism of the "golden rule", the distinction between running expenses and investment expenditure; questioning the ideas of the "right size" of t...

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Autor: Sawyer, Malcolm
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28181
Acesso em linha:https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/28181
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Déficit fiscal
teoría general
Keynes
finanzas
regla de oro
ingresos
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Resumo:his article analyzes the shortfall in tax revenue  on the basis of the following aspects; its situation during the Second World War; criticism of the "golden rule", the distinction between running expenses and investment expenditure; questioning the ideas of the "right size" of the budgetary deficit and its repercussions on "response policies"; income distribution and a description of an alternative approach (based on the Godley and Rowthorn model) to public spending, The author ends by pointing out two issues. Firstly, there is no basis to prove that it is appropriate the budgetary gap should only cover investment spending, as state in the "golden rule", secondly, a consistent response to this deficit must combine there goals: achieving lower interest rates, stimulating investment and reducing saving.