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René Tapsoba
Researcher at International Monetary Fund
Publications - 34
Citations - 654
René Tapsoba is an academic researcher from International Monetary Fund. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fiscal policy & Inflation targeting. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 33 publications receiving 491 citations. Previous affiliations of René Tapsoba include University of Auvergne.
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A Quality of Growth Index for Developing Countries: A Proposal
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new quality of growth index for developing countries, which encompasses both the intrinsic nature and social dimensions of growth, and is computed for over 90 countries for the period 1990-2011.
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Does inflation targeting improve fiscal discipline
Alexandru Minea,René Tapsoba +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the performances of IT adoption in terms of fiscal discipline (FD), while most existing studies focus exclusively on the role of FD as a precondition for IT adoption, and show that IT adoption exerts a positive and significant effect on FD, a result robust to a wide variety of alternative specifications.
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Do National Numerical Fiscal Rules really shape fiscal behaviours in developing countries? A treatment effect evaluation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the effect of National Numerical Fiscal Rules (FRs) upon fiscal discipline in 74 developing countries over the period 1990-2007, and found that the treatment effect differs according to countries' characteristics: number of FRs, time length since FRs adoption, presence of supranational FRs, government fractionalisation and government stability.
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Flexible Fiscal Rules and Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
TL;DR: The authors assesses the impact of different types of flexible fiscal rules on the procyclicality of fiscal policy with propensity scores-matching techniques, thus mitigating traditional self-selection problems.
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Flexible Fiscal Rules and Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
TL;DR: The authors assesses the impact of different types of flexible fiscal rules on the procyclicality of fiscal policy with propensity scores-matching techniques, thus mitigating traditional self-selection problems.