We study the effects of tax shocks on the budget and external deficits for 16 industrialized countries over the post-1970 period. Our structural approach is based on a small open economy model where a tax cut affects the external deficit by two distinct channels. The demographic channel works...

In this paper, the ability of a two-country model of growth and cycles is evaluated to explain the persistence properties of output and consumption across countries. Simulated output and consumption levels replicate the observed appearance of noncointegration across countries. Simulated output...