01750cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018409 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484353059 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL David, Antonio. A New Action-based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation in Latin America and the Caribbean / Antonio David, Daniel Leigh. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (67 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 presents a new database of fiscal consolidations for 14 Latin American and Caribbean economies during 1989-2016. We focus on discretionary changes in taxes and government spending primarily motivated by a desire to reduce the budget deficit and long-term fiscal health and not by a response to prospective economic conditions. To identify the motivation and budgetary impact of the fiscal policy changes, we examine contemporaneous policy documents, including Budgets, central bank reports, and IMF and OECD reports. The resulting series can be used to estimate the macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidation for these economies. Mode of access: Internet Leigh, Daniel. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/094 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/094/001.2018.issue-094-en.xml IMF e-Library