Siamack Shojai

Budget Deficits and Debt (eBook, PDF)

A Global Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection is a critical evaluation of the impact of fiscal imbalances on the economy of industrialized and developing countries as prepared by a diverse group of scholars involved in advanced research on public finance. Technical issues, economic consequences and the political economy of budget deficits and government debt are covered in one succinct volume. The work provides a balanced presentation of neo-classical views on measures of government deficits; the budget process and major budgetary legislation in the United States; and the impact of deficits on economic activity, exchange rates, inflation, financial markets, trade balance, and economic growth. It also examines the political economy of government budgets in the OECD, select developing economies, and South Africa.

From the 1950s to the 1980s, economic activity and growth were affected by fiscal imbalances and excessive government activity in many countries. Although many actors have made retrenchment attempts, economic research has not resolved the conflicting arguments about the impact of fiscal imbalances on the global economy. This book provides a balanced presentation of all major issues related to the impact of fiscal activity on the economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781567509311
• Artikelnr.: 68529279

Autorenporträt

SIAMACK SHOJAI is Associate Professor and former Chairman of the Economics and Finance Department at Manhattan College. He is the author of Oil Markets in the 1980s: A Decade of Decline (Praeger, 1992) and The New Global Oil Markets (Praeger, 1995).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Technical Aspects of Budget Deficits Measures of
Budget Deficits and National Debt by Siamack Shojai The Federal Budget
Process in the United States by James M. Suarez Major Federal Budget Laws
of the United States by James L. Chan A Historical Perspective on the Size
of Deficits and Debts in OECD Countries by Anthony D. Apostolides The
Economic Consequences of Budget Deficits Budget Deficits and Economic
Activity by James R. Barth and John M. Wells Fiscal Imbalances and the
Exchange Rates by Siamack Shojai Do Deficits Matter? A Review of the
Deficit and Inflation Debate by Sohrab Abizadeh and Mahmood Yousefi Budget
Deficits and Financial Markets by Bruce Collins The Twin Deficits: Fiscal
Imbalances and Trade Deficits by Hassan Mohammadi and Neil T. Skaggs
Economic Growth and Fiscal Imbalances by Siamack Shojai The Political
Economy of Deficits The Welfare State and Entitlement: Resisting
Retrenchment in the 1990s by Robert C. A. Sorensen Wherefore a Prudent
Fiscal Policy? by Herschel I. Grossman The Size, Nature, and Causes of
Budget Deficits in Developing Countries by James Alm and Raul A. Barreto
The Budget Process and Fiscal Imbalances in South Africa by Ismail Adams
Bibliographical Essay: A Selective Guide to Information Sources by John
Gormley Index