A Disaggregated Framework for the Analysis of Structural Developments in Public Finances

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Jana Kremer

Deutsche Bundesbank

Cláudia Rodrigues Braz

Bank of Portugal

Teunis Brosens

De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank)

Geert Langenus

National Bank of Belgium

Sandro Momigliano

Bank of Italy

Mikko Spolander

Bank of Finland

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Date Written: February 14, 2012

Abstract

In this paper, we present a disaggregated framework for the analysis of past and projected structural developments in the most relevant revenue and expenditure categories and the fiscal balance. The framework, in particular, distinguishes between the effects of discretionary fiscal policy and of macroeconomic and other developments and is sufficiently standardised to be used in multi-country studies. Here, it is applied to Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal over the period 1998 to 2004. During this period the structural primary balance ratio clearly worsened in all countries except Finland. In Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, both revenue and expenditure contributed to the deterioration of the structural primary balance. In Germany the large deterioration in revenue was partially offset by the decline in the structural primary expenditure ratio, while the opposite was true for Portugal. The analysis highlights the various factors that contributed to these developments.

Keywords: structural budget balance, fiscal forecasting and monitoring, fiscal indicators

JEL Classification: H20, H50, H60, E69

Suggested Citation

Kremer, Jana and Rodrigues Braz, Cláudia and Brosens, Teunis and Langenus, Geert and Momigliano, Sandro and Spolander, Mikko, A Disaggregated Framework for the Analysis of Structural Developments in Public Finances (February 14, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2005009 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2005009

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