We propose and apply a new approach for analyzing the effects of fiscal policy using vector autoregressions. Unlike most of the previous literature this approach does not require that the contemporaneous reaction of some variables to fiscal policy shocks be set to zero or need additional...

We estimate the fiscal (spending) multiplier using quarterly U.S. data, 1986-2017. We define government spending shocks as actual minus expected expenditure growth, the latter obtained from the Survey of Professional Forecasters. We employ the ST-VAR model with the local projections method. A...

Christian Lindner, Bundesminister der Finanzen, stellt den Regierungsentwurf für denBundeshaushalt 2024 und den Finanzplan bis 2027 in den Kontext seiner finanzpolitischenStrategie und leitet den weiteren Handlungsbedarf ab. Um Prioritäten zur Stärkungvon Zukunftsausgaben setzen zu können,...

Long shunned as slow and ill timed, the response to the Covid-19 pandemic initiated a reassessment of fiscal policy as stabilisation tool. At the same time, there is ample evidence that major economic downturns produce lasting effects on real GDP in spite of active fiscal policy interventions....

This study attempted to estimate degree of fiscal dominance by econometrically analysing degree of fiscal and monetary policies interdependence in Nigeria and South Africa. This is done to define the extent at which fiscal authority actions confine the monetary policy actions. The empirical...

The main aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between government consumption and aggregate output in five Nordic countries in two different scenarios: first, in periods when government consumption increases and, second, in periods when government consumption decreases. Therefore, the...