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Global Growth on Life Support? The Contributions of Fiscal and Monetary Policy Since the Global Financial Crisis
Baumann, Ursel - 2019
This paper compares the role of monetary and fiscal policy shocks in advanced and emerging economies. Using a model with a hierarchical structure we capture the variability of GDP response to policy shocks both between and within the groups of advanced and emerging countries. Our results provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890779
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The political economy under monetary union: has the euro made a difference?
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2008
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has transformed Europe and has created an integrated pan-European economy. Much … political economy channel of EMU as the monetary union implies that member states had to transfer or at least curtail their … impact of political shocks on the domestic economy of member states but magnified the transmission of political shocks within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605002
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Fiscal Developments and Financial Stress : A Threshold VAR Analysis
Afonso, António - 2011
We use a threshold VAR analysis to study whether the effects of fiscal policy on economic activity differ depending on financial market conditions. In particular, we investigate the possibility of a non-linear propagation of fiscal developments according to different financial market stress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128285
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What accounts for the changes in U.S. fiscal policy transmission?
Bilbiie, Florin O.; Meier, André; Müller, Gernot J. - 2006
Using vector autoregressions on U.S. time series for 1957-1979 and 1983-2004, we find government spending shocks to have stronger effects on output, consumption, and wages in the earlier sample. We try to account for this observation within a DSGE model featuring price rigidities and limited...
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Fiscal policy in a monetary economy with capital and finite lifetime
Annicchiarico, Barbara; Giammarioli, Nicola; … - 2006
This paper develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with nominal rigidities, capital accumulation and finite lifetimes. The framework exhibits intergenerational wealth effects and is intended to investigate the macroeconomic implications of fiscal policy, which is specified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604707
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Fiscal convergence before entering the EMU
Onorante, Luca - 2006
The monetary integration of the acceding countries will proceed in several distinct steps, starting with membership in the European Union (EU), followed by participation in the so-called Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) II and ultimately entry into the euro area. This paper addresses the question...
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Empowering Central Bank Asset Purchases : The Role of Financial Policies
Darracq Paries, Matthieu - 2019
This paper contributes to the debate on the macroeconomic effectiveness of expansionary non-standard monetary policy measures in a regulated banking environment. Based on an estimated DSGE model, we explore the interactions between central bank asset purchases and bank capital-based financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893309
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Fiscal Policy and Growth : Do Financial Crises Make a Difference?
Afonso, António; Gruener, Hans Peter; Kolerus, … - 2021
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
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Feature: Unconventional monetary policy after the financial crisis
2012
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Necessity As the Mother of Invention : Monetary Policy after the Crisis
Blinder, Alan S. - 2017
We ask whether recent changes in monetary policy due to the financial crisis will be temporary or permanent. We present evidence from two surveys—one of central bank governors, the other of academic specialists. We find that central banks in crisis countries are more likely to have resorted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958182