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The Impact of the International Financial Crises Upon Emerging Economies and the Performance of Discretionary Fiscal Policies: The Case of Argentina

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  • Ernesto Rezk

    (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas (Córdoba, Argentina))

  • Ginette Lafit

    (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas (Córdoba, Argentina))

  • Vanina Ricca

    (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas (Córdoba, Argentina))

Abstract

Although international crises partially accounted for the recent weak Argentine economic performance, main causes have to be sought in domestic economic policies adding uncertainty to the decision process of economic sectors and amplifying crises’ effects. Government revenues exhibited a positive, though decreasing, evolution explained by a contraction of tax revenues despite transfers from the eliminated Private Pension System and IMF`s special draw rights. However, public spending was in the root of the government’s fiscal strain as their growth rate outweighed that of revenues and caused an erosion of the primary surplus, whose present level artificially stemmed from exceptional revenue flows and the discretionary seizing of pension funds. Finally, although the overall cyclical sensitivity of tax revenues increased, budget balance’s response to GDP did not suffice to check cycles and active fiscal policies had to strengthen stabilizing actions. / Si bien las crisis internacionales explican parcialmente el débil desempeñoeconómico argentino reciente, las políticas económicas domésticas aumentaronla incertidumbre en los procesos de decisión económica y amplificaronlos efectos de las crisis. Los ingresos públicos exhibieron una evoluciónpositiva, aunque decreciente, por la contracción de los ingresos tributarios, apesar de la transferencia del eliminado Régimen Privado de Pensiones y laentrada de derechos especiales de giro. Sin embargo, las dificultades fiscalesse debieron en gran medida al gasto público, cuya tasa de crecimiento superóa la de los ingresos y erosionó el superávit primario, cuyo nivel actualartificial responde a ingresos excepcionales y a la transferencia de los fondosde pensión. Finalmente, aunque la sensibilidad cíclica total de los ingresosimpositivos creció, la respuesta del saldo presupuestario al producto noalcanzó a compensar los ciclos, y debieron usarse políticas fiscales activaspara fortalecer las acciones de estabilización.

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  • Ernesto Rezk & Ginette Lafit & Vanina Ricca, 2010. "The Impact of the International Financial Crises Upon Emerging Economies and the Performance of Discretionary Fiscal Policies: The Case of Argentina," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 48(2), pages 29-68, Diciembre.
  • Handle: RePEc:ief:reveye:v:48:y:2010:i:2:p:29-68
    DOI: 10.55444/2451.7321.2010.v48.n2.4106
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    Keywords

    International financial crises; discretionary fiscal policies; Argentina;
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    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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