Can the Debt Growth Be Stopped? - Rules-Based Policy Options for Addressing the Federal Fiscal Crisis

Informationen zum Autor John D. Merrifield is professor of economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio.Barry W. Poulson is emeritus professor of economics at the University of Colorado. Klappentext Can the Debt Growth be Stopped? explores new fiscal rules introduced in OECD countries to determine if new fiscal rules should be enacted in the United States. The centerpiece of the study is analysis of fiscal rules using a dynamic simulation model. Zusammenfassung Can the Debt Growth be Stopped? explores new fiscal rules introduced in OECD countries to determine if new fiscal rules should be enacted in the United States. The centerpiece of the study is analysis of fiscal rules using a dynamic simulation model. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 A New Era of Fiscal RulesChapter 2 Economic Analysis of Fiscal RulesChapter 3 Case Studies: Fiscal Rules in Switzerland and SwedenChapter 4 Fiscal Rules in the U.S.Chapter 5 Should the U.S. Go Swiss?Chapter 6 Designing a New Fiscal Rule for the U.S.Chapter 7 Toward a New Budget ProcessChapter 8 The Political Economy of New Fiscal Rules

Product details

• Authors: John Merrifield, John Poulson Merrifield, Barry W. Poulson
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2016
• EAN: 9781498518093
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1809-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, macroeconomics, Political Economy, Management & management techniques, United States of America, USA, Management and management techniques