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Fiscal Policy and Transition: The Case of Poland

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The Socio-Economic Transformation

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In this chapter, a version of the Cass-Koopmans economy is used for the purpose of studying the impact of fiscal policy changes on capital accumulation. The focus of the study is on transitional dynamics. It is shown that even moderate change in fiscal policy can have sizeable level effects on income levels along the transition path.

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  1. Scott Baier
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  2. Gerhard Glomm
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    Zbigniew Nahorski (Professor, Dean, Editor-in-Chief) (Professor, Dean, Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Computer Science Department, Warsaw School of Information Technology, Poland

    Zbigniew Nahorski (Professor, Dean, Editor-in-Chief) (Professor, Dean, Editor-in-Chief)

  3. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland

    Jan W. Owsiński (adjoint professor) (adjoint professor)

  4. Division of Decision Analysis and Support in the Institute of Econometrics, Warsaw School of Economics (WSE), Poland

    Tomasz Szapiro (Professor, Head, Adjunct Professor) (Professor, Head, Adjunct Professor)

  5. Modern Civilization of WSE, Poland

    Tomasz Szapiro (Professor, Head, Adjunct Professor) (Professor, Head, Adjunct Professor)

  6. International Business Studies at Carlson School of Business, University of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Tomasz Szapiro (Professor, Head, Adjunct Professor) (Professor, Head, Adjunct Professor)

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Baier, S., Glomm, G. (2007). Fiscal Policy and Transition: The Case of Poland. In: Nahorski, Z., Owsiński, J.W., Szapiro, T. (eds) The Socio-Economic Transformation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379039_6

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