Author/Editor: Eugen Tereanu, Anita Tuladhar, Alejandro Simone.

Release Date:June, 2014

Potential output estimation plays a crucial role in conducting fiscal policy based on structural balances. Difficulties in estimating potential output could lead to an erroneous policy stance with a more...

Author/Editor: Yan Sun, Pritha Mitra, Alejandro Simone.

Release Date:August, 2013

This paper studies the factors behind pro-cyclical but widely varying construction shares (as a percent of GDP) across countries, with a strong focus on European countries. Using a dataset covering more...

Author/Editor: Alejandro Simone, Petia Topalova.

Release Date:August, 2009

This paper examines India's experience with fiscal rules with a view to inform the design of a possible successor fiscal framework to the FRBMA. Among several proposals to strengthen the FRBMA, a more...

Author/Editor: Sanjeev Gupta, Alejandro Simone, Alex Segura-Ubiergo.

Release Date:October, 2006

This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal adjustment and real GDP growth in a panel of 26 transition economies during 1992-2001. Unlike most previous studies using cross-country more...

Author/Editor: Alejandro Simone.

Release Date:March, 2001

Time series on economic activity in developing countries, in particular real GDP, are reported with important lags. Therefore, it is useful to construct indicators that coincide or lead the actual more...