Revisiting the Countercyclicality of Fiscal Policy by João Tovar Jalles, Youssouf Kiendrebeogo, W. Raphael Lam, and Roberto Piazza published by IMF (2023). This paper provides a novel dataset of time-varying measures on the degree of countercyclicality of fiscal policies…
Why do governments cut their deficits? Lessons for high-debt countries in a post-pandemic world by Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, João Tovar Jalles, and Victor Mylonas published by CGD, indicated by Alvaro Manoel (10/2022). We construct a novel database covering…
Pursuing inclusive growth by João Tovar Jalles and Luiz de Mello published by VOXEU (10/2020) “Widening income disparities and slow productivity growth in many countries have rekindled interest in the policies that can deliver strong and equitable growth in output…
Governments and promised fiscal consolidations: Do they mean what they say? by Carlos Mulas-Granados, João Tovar Jalles, Michela Schena and Sanjeev Gupta published by IMF (2/2017). “This paper analyses the causes and consequences of fiscal consolidation promise gaps, defined…
