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On the importance of statistical governance quality and accurate targets for fiscal rules’ performance

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  • Kea BARET
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Following last economic crises, a debate challenged fiscal rules arguing alternatively between discard or reform them. Economic literature developed that effective fiscal rules must be simple, clear and credible. Although difficult to reconcile, these conditions can be approximated if statistics provide accurate measures of indicators targeted by fiscal rules. Focusing on the Golden rule (GR) of public finance, the paper demonstrates the importance of statistical governance quality and accurate targets for fiscal rules’ performance. Using United Kingdom data, its shows that the GR is neither simple nor clear since its target measurement is sensitive to national accounts methodologies. We also raise concerns on GR credibility as its target forecast is accompanied by uncertainty, as depicted in a stochastic VAR analysis. Main conclusions show that the performance of GR is sensitive to the quality of its target measurement, and fiscal rules must rely on transparent statistics and accurate targeted indicators.

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  • Kea BARET, 2023. "On the importance of statistical governance quality and accurate targets for fiscal rules’ performance," Working Papers of BETA 2023-40, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2023-40
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    Keywords

    Fiscal Rules; Golden Rule; Public Sector; Net investment; National Accounts; VAR analysis.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration

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