Definition of the episodes

Fiscal adjustments: lessons from recent history1 Alberto Alesina Harvard University April 2010 1Prepared for the Ecofin meeting in Madrid April 15 2010. 1

• kind of fiscal adjustments of large size
• share of public spending
• political opposition to policy changes
• fiscal adjustments
• th percentile of the change of the debt
• gdp ratio
• tax increases
• budget
• government