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"Successful fiscal adjustments" : empirical evidence from South Africa
Bibliography: leaves 95-102.
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| author | Duperrut, Jerome |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13893 "Successful fiscal adjustments" : empirical evidence from South Africa Duperrut, Jerome Abedian, Iraj Economics Bibliography: leaves 95-102. From 1973 to 1997 South Africa's fiscal stance has undergone large fluctuations. The primary balance of the general government recorded a surplus of 3.8% of GDP in 1990 and a deficit equivalent to 4.5% of GDP in both 1977 and 1994. This paper identifies ten episodes of fiscal adjustment, defined as a fiscal year during which the primary deficit was reduced by more than 1.5% of GDP. It then assesses the success of these episodes, according to the evolution of the debt ratio two or three years after the adjustment. In South Africa there have been two episodes of successful fiscal adjustment: in 1978 and in 1980. The paper proceeds by analysing the size and the composition of the various fiscal adjustments. It shows that successful fiscal adjustments are generally smaller than unsuccessful ones. On the taxation side, successful adjustments rely mainly on non-tax revenue, whereas unsuccessful ones record large increases in direct taxation. Generally the adjustment is mostly felt on the expenditure side. As in most developing countries, capital expenditure is the main target for cuts. However, the size of the reduction in capital expenditure is smaller in successful adjustments. Furthermore, these adjustments record spending cuts in all categories of expenditure, contrary to unsuccessful contractions. It seems that successful adjustments rely on temporary tax increases and permanent spending cuts. 2015-09-14T18:05:58Z 2015-09-14T18:05:58Z 1998 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13893 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Economics Duperrut, Jerome "Successful fiscal adjustments" : empirical evidence from South Africa |
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| title | "Successful fiscal adjustments" : empirical evidence from South Africa |
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