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general equilibrium model, suggest that Turkey would have experienced a significantly lower inflation rate, with only a small …In 1980 Turkey embarked on a far-reaching stabilization and liberalization program, which contributed to export …
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This paper addresses two fundamental issues in indirect tax design. It first revisits the case for reduced rates on items especially important to the poor, establishing conditions under which even very crudely targeted spending measures better serve their interests. It then explores the welfare...
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The effects of taxation on the general price level have traditionally been regarded as reflecting monetary policy, rather than fiscal factors. This view abstracted from the possible endogeneity of monetary expansion with respect to tax hikes, and from the effects which taxation may have on the...
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This paper analyzes the erosion of fiscal revenue by inflation resulting from the issuance of money. The empirical … evidence for a number of developing countries supports the well-known hypothesis that an increase in inflation will result in a … generate resources to finance government expenditures via the inflation tax will involve a loss in other revenues, making this …
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This paper quantitatively assesses the effects of inflation shocks on the public debt-to-GDP ratio in 19 advanced … impulse responses by local projections both suggest that a 1 percentage point shock to inflation rate reduces the debt … higher inflation, even if accompanied by some financial repression, could reduce public debt burden only marginally in many …
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We analyse optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a New-Keynesian model with public debt and inflation persistence … striking result is not true with high degrees of inflation persistence. Secondly, we show that optimal fiscal policy is more … active under discretion than commitment at all degrees of inflation persistence and all levels of debt …
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The period following the 2000-01 crisis was marked by a successful disinflation program sustained through inflation … targeting and fiscal discipline in Turkey. This paper studies the impact of monetary and fiscal policies on credit growth during … channel is not strong in Turkey and government finances has limited direct impact on credit …
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, Mexico, and Turkey. For each country, we estimate a vector autoregression (VAR) that includes fiscal and macroeconomic …
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This paper examines the links between fiscal policy, capital inflows, and the real exchange rate in Turkey since the … late 1980s. After an overview of recent macroeconomic developments in Turkey, a vector autoregression model is estimated …
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Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan over the period 1986–93. The analysis is carried out in two steps. The parameters of agents … negative shock to economic activity in the late 1980s caused agents to discount market fundamentals. For Turkey and Pakistan it …, although this lack of market depth did reduce in severity for Turkey over the sample period, as liberalization of financial …
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