Abstract:

High public debts after the crises have restrict the use of fiscal policies affect the fiscal space of many countries. In consequence, these countries have to adopt structural economic reforms to create a fiscal space. Fiscal policy adopted in 2000’s has created different results in Turkey. The main consequences of these policies, are the huge decrease in budget deficits, public debt ratios and in interest payments. Thus Turkey created fiscal space. Within this framework, first, we clarify fiscal space. Then, we calculated fiscal space for Turkey in the period between 2000:Q1-2015:Q4. Our estimates suggest that although there is ample fiscal space for Turkey to use fiscal policies, increasing public debt might restrain to use such policies and cause fiscal fatigue.

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