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Fiscal Policy - Coggle Diagram
Fiscal Policy
Principles
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The US: Gramm-Rudman-Hollings (1985, 1987)
Code on fiscal balance for urgent deficit budget passed in 1991, then revised in 1993
Australia
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When there is budget surplus and the economy still grows steadily, the gov still restrict annual spending by 2% till the min budget surplus is equal to 1% of GDP
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Indo
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2001-07: 1% GDP; 2008: 0,5% GDP; 2009: 0%; 2010-14: targeting to get structural deficit at 1% of GDP in 2014
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Vietnam
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Assembly determines annual budget deficit, local budget deficit
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Gov expenditure
Regular spending
salary for servants, army and security forces aka public services
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Tax & Fee
Concept
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A fee is a fixed price charged for a specific service, imposed by state agencies/private org.
Characteristics
Legal framework
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Fee is regulated by laws
gov degrees, national/local resolutions for public services
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Classification
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on nature of tax
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Indirect: tax on commodities on sale, the end users are taxpayers
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Overview
Approach
Expansionary
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theorectically, the increase of output is at least equal to the increase in expenditure/tax reduction
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Classification
Impact degree
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Discretionary: suddenly change tax and spending, not depend on business cycle
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Keynes' opinion
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limitations
time lag, moral/political issue
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Subsidies
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Outcomes
In the absence of market failures or externalities, they drive a costly wedge between prices and production costs
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Subsidies may distort trade and invest, disrupt other economies
Global supply chains are changing the impact of subsidies: support for upstream inputs or processes can lower input costs for downstream producers
Subsidies might interfere with each other and other measures: firm recieves tax incentives, whose financial apperance stronger than warrant