
Collect More, Spend Better : Public Investment in Asian Frontier Markets »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2017/10
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Manuk Ghazanchyan , Ricardo Marto , Jiri Jonas , and Kaitlyn Douglass
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 January 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475570892.001
ISBN: 9781475570892
Keywords: Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tax collection, Vietnam, Capital expenditure, Public investment, Fiscal policy, Emerging markets, Cambodia, Debt sustainability
We use a dynamic small open economy model to explore the macroeconomic impact of alternative public investment scaling-up scenarios, analyzing how improving the efficiency of capital spending and of tax revenue col...