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Britain's Fiscal Watchdog: A View from the Kennel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

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Sessional meetings: papers and abstracts of discussions
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2013 

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References

1 This lecture builds on and updates my Ken Dixon Lecture on 13 June 2011, in which I reflected on the OBR's first year in existence (http://budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/wordpress/docs/Ken-Dixon-lecture.pdf). My thanks to Sir Alan Budd, Xavier Debrun, Tidiane Kinda and my OBR colleagues for useful comments on an earlier draft. Remaining errors are my own.

2 IMF, 2013, The Functions and Impact of Fiscal Councils (forthcoming; Washington: International Monetary Fund)

3 “What should fiscal councils do?”, by Lars Calmfors and Simon Wren-Lewis, http://www.finanspolitiskaradet.se/download/18.3b8af0c112ec0f3879380005563/whatshouldfiscalcouncilsdo.pdf