Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212472 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 5/2000
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper makes an empirical examination of the relationship between fiscal balance and structural reforms using panel data from 25 transition economies The results indicate that price liberalisation has a positive impact on fiscal performance, while privatisation and restructuring, via unemployment, affect the fiscal balance negatively.These findings are somewhat in contrast with earlier empirical work and theoretical transition economics that maintain fiscal pressures are most severe in fast-reforming countries.The analysis further suggests that countries with better fiscal positions may have benefited from favourable initial conditions.
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ISBN: 
951-686-924-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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