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Improving the estimates of fiscal space

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  • Adham Jaber

    (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

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I contribute to the fiscal space literature in both technical and empirical perspectives. First, I compute a time-varying fiscal space and show that complex fiscal space numbers resulting from solving the model provide crucial information in assessing fiscal sustainability; thus, they should not be ignored. I propose three different scenarios to deal with complex numbers in an empirical framework. Second, I provide a new determinant for fiscal sustainability: sustainable development. Using data from 24 OECD countries from 1998–2015, I find that sustainable development, proxied by an environmental, social, and governance performance index, has a robust positive impact on fiscal space.

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  • Adham Jaber, 2022. "Improving the estimates of fiscal space," French Stata Users' Group Meetings 2022 16, Stata Users Group.
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