Budget deficits and economic activity in Asia / Kanhaya L. Gupta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gupta, Kanhaya L. (Kanhaya Lal), 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget deficits--Asia.

Budget deficits.

Asia--Economic conditions--1945-.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The growth and persistence of government budget deficits is causing increasing concern in both developed and developing countries. They have provoked extreme responses: some economists hold that they have devasting effects, others that they have no real impact at all. Budget Deficits and Economic Activity in Asia examines both of these claims in the context of the Asian economies. After testing for the feasibility of the current levels of budget deficits and therefore of the current fiscal policies, the author turns to a quantification of the effects on money supply, inflation, ag

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A review of the record; 2 Sustainability of perpetual deficits; 3 Deficits and seigniorage; 4 Deficits and money supply; 5 Deficits and inflation; 6 Deficits and aggregate demand; 7 Deficits and interest rates; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-195) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-93649-4

1-134-93650-8

1-280-47849-7

9786610478491

0-203-02616-0

9780203026168

OCLC:

70769108