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Do fiscal regimes matter for fiscal sustainability in South Africa?: A Markov-switching approachThis paper empirically examines South Africa’s fiscal sustainability through a Markov-switching model which utilizes quarterly datasets for the period from 1960 to 2019...
Fiscal Fiscal policy SustainabilityPolicy Brief
Fiscal multipliers and debt dynamics using a DSGE approachMuch of the research on the impact of fiscal policy shocks on macroeconomic outcomes (e.g., fiscal multipliers) uses reduced-form modelling approaches such as vector auto-regressions to obtain empirical results...
Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model Fiscal multipliers Fiscal policyPolicy Brief
Policy implications of empirically estimated fiscal multipliers for South AfricaDespite the frequent use of fiscal policy for stabilization purposes, there remains significant uncertainty regarding the impact of fiscal policy decisions on macroeconomic outcomes. This impact is quantified by calculating fiscal multipliers...
Fiscal multipliers Fiscal policy State-dependentWorking Paper
A medium-sized, open-economy, fiscal DSGE model of South AfricaMuch of the research on fiscal multipliers has used reduced form modelling approaches...
Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model Fiscal policy Fiscal multipliersWorking Paper
Empirical estimates of fiscal multipliers for South AfricaDespite the frequent use of fiscal policy for stabilization purposes and the important role fiscal activism has played over the last decade, the size of budgetary multipliers (i.e...
Fiscal multipliers Fiscal policy State-dependentReport
SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique - MOZMOD v2.6This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique. The report describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and the database on which the model runs...
Fiscal policy Revenues TaxationWorking Paper
The elasticity of taxable income: New data and estimates for South AfricaThe elasticity of taxable income is a key tax policy parameter that plays an important role in the formulation of tax and transfer policy...
Fiscal policy Elasticity Taxable incomeWorking Paper
Winners and losers in industrial policy 2.0Large-scale business subsidies tied to national industrial development promotion programmes are notoriously difficult to study and are often inseparable from the political economy of large government programmes...
Firm subsidies Fiscal policy Industrial policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique - MOZMOD v2.3View the latest MOZMOD country report here . This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique...
Fiscal policy Revenue TaxationJournal Article
Fiscal Pressure of Migration and Horizontal Fiscal Inequality: Evidence from Indian ExperiencePart of Journal Special Issue Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
Migration Inequality DemographyBook Chapter
The copper sector, fiscal rules, and stabilization funds in Chile: Scope and limitsFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Fiscal policy Natural resources WealthWorking Paper
Extractives for development: Ten main messagesCountries face both challenges and opportunities in using their extractive industries to achieve more inclusive development—particularly in the developing world...
Extractive industries Resource wealth Resource curseWorking Paper
Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South AfricaThis paper uses a recent household survey and the CEQ framework to revisit and extend previous research on the impact of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa...
Fiscal policy Fiscal incidence TaxesJournal Article
Tax Structures and Economic Growth: New Evidence from the Government Revenue DatasetPart of Journal Special Issue Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
Economic growth Fiscal policy DevelopmentJournal Special Issue
Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic DevelopmentThis journal presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place, as an introduction to this United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Rese...
Fiscal policy Economic development TaxationWorking Paper
Fiscal pressure of migration and horizontal fiscal inequality: Evidence from Indian experienceThis paper examines the patterns and trends in inter-state migration across Indian states and observes that migration is affected by demographic profile as well as the fiscal profile of states...
Migration Inequality Demography