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POTENTIALS AND STRUCTURE OF FISCAL DEVALUATION IN SERBIA
POTENTIALS AND STRUCTURE OF FISCAL DEVALUATION IN SERBIA

Author(s): Miloš Marković, Mihajlo Babin
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic policy, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: Fiscal devaluation; Serbia; Competitiveness; Trade balance; Employment;

Summary/Abstract: Fiscal devaluation is a set of synchronized policy measures with the aim to stimulate economic growth and improve economy competitiveness by simultaneous decrease of gross labor costs and increase of tax burden on consumption. The precondition for successful fiscal devaluation is to comply with principle of fiscal neutrality. Fiscal devaluation could enhance competitiveness of the economy and contribute to improved trade balance. Implementation of fiscal devaluation might be beneficial to both, countries which belong to a currency union and countries with a high level of public debt denominated in foreign currency. Comparative analysis provided potential short and long term effects of fiscal devaluations and enabled assessment of structure of fiscal devaluation in Serbia. This article provides a framework for forthcoming debates on applicability of fiscal devaluation in Serbia and includes the potential structure of fiscal devaluation.

  • Issue Year: 63/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 190-200
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English