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US federal transfers to individuals are large, countercyclical, vary geographically, and are often credited for helping stabilize regional economies. This paper estimates the short-run effects of these transfers using plausibly exogenous regional variation in temporary stimulus packages and...
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Objectives: Is the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) truly ‘irreversible’ as stated in the treaties? (i) From the sovereign debt crises of the 2010s, and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we draw the lesson that when exposed to large, systemic shocks the EMU faces a trilemma among...
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Die Satzung des Europäischen Systems der Zentralbanken sieht eine Umverteilung von Geldschöpfungsgewinnen (Seigniorage) zwischen den Notenbanken des Eurosystems vor. Die Diskussion um die "Gewinner" und "Verlierer" aus dieser Regelung wird sehr kontrovers geführt. Die Arbeit versucht, diese...
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Central bank independence has been championed on the grounds that it avoids political business cycles, the time-inconsistency problem of discretionary monetary policy, and political conflicts. However, after the financial crisis, central banks have resorted to unconventional monetary policies...
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West African Economic and Monetary Union arrangements have been instrumental in helping member countries maintain low inflation. However, a lesser-known characteristic of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, with possible implications for economic growth, is the high exposure to shocks...
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In this paper, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is confronted with the peculiarities of the institutional setting of the …
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This paper investigates the impact of country size on the DSEG model estimation of the monetary union. Following DSGE model for fiscal policy simulations (FiMod) the union is considered to have a two-country structure, the investigated country has weight in union equal to its population share...
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Finanzausgleich bei Informationsasymmetrie entworfen. … Marktversagen 22 2.2 Effizienz zentraler Finanzpolitik 25 2.2.1 Die … 37 2.3 Aspekte dezentraler Finanzpolitik 39 2.3.1 Das Prinzip der fiskalischen …
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Finding a definitive answer to the question of whether fiscal redistribution is harmful or beneficial for regional economic performance is not straightforward. This paper disentangles the key components of fiscal redistribution in a regional Canada-US setting. Redistributive spending is...
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