Tightening tensions: fiscal policy and civil unrest in South America 1937–95

On 1 May 2010 the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreau announced a set of drastic austerity measures. May Day itself saw clashes between police and demonstrators. On 5 May a general strike paralyzed the country armed demonstrators fought street battles with police. A bank burned down and numerous...

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Autor principal:	Voth, Joachim
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Publicado:	Banco Central de Chile 2019
Materias:	POLÍTICA FISCAL MOVIMIENTOS DE PROTESTA GASTOS PÚBLICOS INVERSIONES PÚBLICAS
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spelling	oai-20.500.12580-38892021-04-24T11:16:37Z Tightening tensions: fiscal policy and civil unrest in South America 1937–95 Voth, Joachim POLÍTICA FISCAL MOVIMIENTOS DE PROTESTA GASTOS PÚBLICOS INVERSIONES PÚBLICAS On 1 May 2010 the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreau announced a set of drastic austerity measures. May Day itself saw clashes between police and demonstrators. On 5 May a general strike paralyzed the country armed demonstrators fought street battles with police. A bank burned down and numerous demonstrators and policemen were injured. By the standards of antigovernment protests the May 2010 incidents in Athens were mild. Many countries have seen severe rioting and political violence following budget cuts. In this paper I examine the extent to which social unrest is clearly associated with fiscal austerity. Do riots antigovernment demonstrations political assassinations and attempts at revolutionary overthrow become more common if governments push through tax hikes and spending cuts? 2019-11-01T00:05:46Z 2019-11-01T00:05:46Z 2013 Artículo 978-956-7421-37-4 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12580/3889 eng Series on Central Banking Analysis and Economic Policies no. 17 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ .pdf Sección o Parte de un Documento p. 59-92 application/pdf AMÉRICA DEL SUR Banco Central de Chile
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topic	POLÍTICA FISCAL MOVIMIENTOS DE PROTESTA GASTOS PÚBLICOS INVERSIONES PÚBLICAS
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description	On 1 May 2010 the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreau announced a set of drastic austerity measures. May Day itself saw clashes between police and demonstrators. On 5 May a general strike paralyzed the country armed demonstrators fought street battles with police. A bank burned down and numerous demonstrators and policemen were injured. By the standards of antigovernment protests the May 2010 incidents in Athens were mild. Many countries have seen severe rioting and political violence following budget cuts. In this paper I examine the extent to which social unrest is clearly associated with fiscal austerity. Do riots antigovernment demonstrations political assassinations and attempts at revolutionary overthrow become more common if governments push through tax hikes and spending cuts?
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title	Tightening tensions: fiscal policy and civil unrest in South America 1937–95
title_short	Tightening tensions: fiscal policy and civil unrest in South America 1937–95
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Tightening tensions: fiscal policy and civil unrest in South America 1937–95

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