02203cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015130 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484304549 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ghilardi, Matteo. Investment Scaling-up and the Role of Government : the Case of Benin / Matteo Ghilardi, Sergio Sola. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (30 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper studies the fiscal implications for the Beninese economy of scaling up of public investment when the government is subject to inefficiencies on the spending and on the tax collection side. While scaling up of public investments results in higher long-run output and consumption levels, a fiscal stabilization package is required in order to preserve fiscal sustainability. A welfare analysis shows that consumers' welfare is increased when the government smoothes the fiscal adjustment via higher borrowing. Moreover, the comparison between several stabilization packages highlights the fact that higher welfare is achieved when the government relies mostly on taxation of capital as this allows higher levels of consumption to materialize earlier. Lower fiscal costs can however be achieved if the government manages to reduce inefficiency in tax collection. Finally, we consider a change in the trade regime that causes a decline in revenues. We find that the higher fiscal burden required to preserve fiscal sustainability would completely wipe out the welfare gain of higher public investments. Mode of access: Internet Sola, Sergio. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/069 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2015/069/001.2015.issue-069-en.xml IMF e-Library