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Uncertain Duration of Reform : Dynamic Implications

Calvo, Guillermo A. - 1997

We develop a framework to study the effects of policies of uncertain duration on consumption dynamics under both complete and incomplete markets. We focus on the dynamic implications of market incompleteness, specifically on the lack of state-contingent bonds. Two policies are considered: pure...

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Tax Base Variability and Procyclical Fiscal Policy

Talvi, Ernesto - 2000

Based on a sample of 56 countries, we find that while fiscal policy in the G-7 countries appears to be broadly consistent with Barro's tax smoothing proposition, in developing countries government spending and taxes are highly procyclical (i.e., government spending rises and taxes fall during...

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Successful Adjustment in a Multi-Sectoral Economy

Aizenman, Joshua - 1987

This study analyzes the adjustment to a fiscal reform in a dependent economy. It evaluates the economic factors that … credibility of the fiscal reform. It is shown that the absence of credibility may have major consequences on the adjustment …, because it will depress the magnitude of the private investment associated with the fiscal reform …

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Expected Fiscal Policy and the Recession of 1982

Branson, William H. - 1985

The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 had one aspect that is unusually useful for economic analysis. It provided an example of a clear-cut announcement of future policy actions at specified dates.This provides an opportunity to apply recent advances in the analysis of expectations dynamics to...

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Effects of Fiscal Policy on Credit Markets

Auerbach, Alan J. - 2020

Credit markets typically freeze in recessions: access to credit declines and the cost of credit increases. A conventional policy response is to rely on monetary tools to saturate financial markets with liquidity. Given limited space for monetary policy in the current economic conditions, we...

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The Monetary and Fiscal History of Brazil, 1960-2016

Ayres, Joao - 2019

Brazil has had a long period of high inflation. It peaked around 100 percent per year in 1964, decreased until the first oil shock (1973), but accelerated again afterward, reaching levels above 100 percent on average between 1980 and 1994. This last period coincided with severe balance of...

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The Monetary and Fiscal History of Bolivia, 1960–2017

Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2019

After the economic reforms that followed the National Revolution of the 1950s, Bolivia seemed positioned for sustained growth. Indeed, it achieved unprecedented growth from 1960 to 1977. The rapid accumulation of debt due to persistent deficits and a fixed exchange rate policy during the 1970s...

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Search Complementarities, Aggregate Fluctuations, and Fiscal Policy

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2019

We develop a quantitative business cycle model with search complementarities in the inter-firm matching process that entails a multiplicity of equilibria. An active static equilibrium with strong joint venture formation, large output, and low unemployment can coexist with a passive static...

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Fiscal Space and Government-Spending & Tax-Rate Cyclicality Patterns : A Cross-Country Comparison, 1960-2016

Aizenman, Joshua - 2018

This paper compares fiscal cyclicality across advanced and developing countries, geographic regions as well as income levels over 1960-2016 period, then identifies factors that explain countries' government spending and tax-policy cyclicality. Public debt/tax base ratio provides a more robust...

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Unconventional Fiscal Policy at the Zero Bound

Correia, Isabel - 2011

When the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates binds, monetary policy cannot provide appropriate stimulus. We show that in the standard New Keynesian model, tax policy can deliver such stimulus at no cost and in a time-consistent manner. There is no need to use inefficient policies such as...

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