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Economic Survey of Greece 2009: Enhancing fiscal viabilityEnglish | View long abstract 31-Jul-2009 The high public debt and a large pension burden heighten the urgency to improve the efficiency of the public sector to enhance fiscal viability and restore room for manoeuvre for stabilization policy. |
Economic Survey of Greece 2009: Weathering the international crisisEnglish | View long abstract 31-Jul-2009 High public debt leaves virtually no room for fiscal manoeuvre to limit the impact of the crisis in Greece. The close trade and banking links established with the Balkan countries might be a risk in the near future. |
The costs of delaying fiscal consolidation: a case study for GreeceEnglish | View long abstract 22-Oct-2007 Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and David Turner Since 2004, the fiscal deficit has been brought down by over 5% of GDP to below the 3% limit in 2006, which is a major achievement. The government plans a more gradual reduction over coming years so that overall balance or surplus is reached no later than 2010. Also available:Related documents: |
Economic survey of Greece 2007: The gains from prompt fiscal consolidationEnglish | View long abstract 30-May-2007 Delaying fiscal consolidation, particularly the urgently needed pension reform, would have substantial longer-term costs in terms of higher taxes and additional debt service costs. In addition, this would heavily skew the tax burden towards future generations. |
Economic Survey of Greece 2005: The fiscal challengeEnglish | View long abstract 07-Jul-2005 In terms of real GDP growth, the Greek economy has performed very well in recent years and has weathered the international slowdown in activity better than most OECD countries. However, in part this has ... |
Options for reforming the tax system in Greecepdf,329Kb,English | View long abstract 19-Apr-2001 Chiara Bronchi Economics Department working paper 291. For many years Greece has not made a systematic effort to redesign the whole tax system. Changes to taxation have been made in a piecemeal fashion, and many of them ... Also available:Related documents: |
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