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The fiscal impact of privatization in Latin America

Pinheiro, Armando Castelar; Schneider, Ben Ross

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This paper seeks to make several contributions to the fiscal debate. It adds empirical support for the claims that revenues from privatization are too little and too late to help much in resolving fiscal crises. It presents a more encompassing model that incorporates other indirect effects as well as time preferences to show that only at a price and under very favorable but uncommon situations does privatization make sense for fiscal purposes. This model highlights the shorter time horizons of political leaders in Latin America which helps explain why their views of the fiscal benefits of privatization differ from those of academic economists. The paper concludes with some analysis of the value of privatization as a political signal.

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Tipo
Estudo
Ano
2015
Instituição
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)
Idioma
Inglês
Acesso
Acesso aberto
Identificador
oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/4805
Licença
Licença Comum
Abrangência
Argentina; Brasil; Chile; México; América Latina; 1974-1993

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