A New Rule:The Swiss Debt Brake : The Swiss Debt Brake

The paper provides an international comparison and a comprehensive analysis of a new fiscal expenditure rule for the federal government in Switzerland. The proposed rule has two innovative features: it aims at a structurally balanced budget in the short-run by annually setting a cyclically adjusted expenditure ceiling, and it arrests the accumulation of public debt via corrections of future expenditure targets for past deviations from projected fiscal balances. The paper finds that the new rule is likely to reduce procyclical tendencies in fiscal policy and that its objectives are adequate in meeting long-run fiscal challenges arising from demographic changes.
Publication date: February 2002
ISBN: 9781451843651
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Economics- Macroeconomics , Economics- Macroeconomics , Public Finance , Public Finance , WP , debt , deficit , Fiscal rules , fiscal sustainability , expenditure rule , debt ratio , debt rule , budget rule , expenditure ceiling , control expenditure growth , GDP ratio , expenditure restraint , government debt target , budget surplus , governmen

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