Best in class: Public finances in Sweden during the financial crisis

This paper studies why public finances in Sweden have remained very strong during the current financial crisis. Unlike almost all other European countries, Sweden has had budget surpluses and a government debt ratio around 40 percent of GDP during the recent crisis. We attribute this to two impo...

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Main Author: Bergman Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economists' Association of Vojvodina 2011-01-01
Series:Panoeconomicus
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2011/1452-595X1104431B.pdf