Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth :   prudence or abstinence? / 
edited by Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven, and Rodrigo Suescun. 
 - xx, 329 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Latin American development forum series .
 - World Bank e-Library. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Overview: fiscal policy, economic fluctuations and growth / Guillermo Perry, Luis Serven, Rodrigo Suescun and Timothy Irwin -- Procyclical fiscal policy and volatility -- Fiscal discipline, volatility and growth / Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov -- The size and effectiveness of fiscal automatic stabilizers in Latin America / Rodrigo Suescun -- Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil / Federico Sturzenegger and Rogerio Werneck -- Fiscal rules and procyclicality / Guillermo Perry -- Fiscal policy and growth -- Fiscal discipline, public investment and growth / Luis Serven -- Incentives for public investment under fiscal rules / Jack Mintz and Michael Smart -- Improving the SGP through a proper accounting of public investment / Oliver Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi -- Accrual accounting, long-term fiscal projections, and public investment / Timothy Irwin -- Growth and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil / Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira and Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araujo. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0821370847 0821370855 9780821370841 9780821370858 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007034287 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic stabilization--Latin America.<br/>Finance, Public--Latin America.<br/>Fiscal policy--Latin America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HJ799.53  / .F574 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>336.3098