Dual inflation takes place when prices increases in non-tradable goods are higher than those of tradable goods. In this paper, we develop a model where public spending has a positive externality on the production of those sectors. The main results suggested by the paper are the following: 1)An...

In this paper we evaluate the future evolution of the contributed pensions for the Spanish economy through the period 2002-2050. We specify a model that contains the evolution of the fundamental variables of this expenditure. The disaggregation of the total expenditure of the contributed...

This paper analyzes the international transmission of the fiscal policy when the public expenditure presents a positive externality on the private factors of production, capital and labor. We propose a general equilibrium model with N symmetric countries where there exists perfect mobility in...

Europe has been the driving force of economic policy in Spain over the last four decades and the key factor behind the modernisation and globalisation of the Spanish Economy. Being a founding member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) marked the achievement of one of the key goals in the...

This paper investigates the impact that fiscal policy has on economic activity and sovereign debt during economic downturns in the euro area, mainly Germany and Spain. Our theoretical and empirical framework shows that the macroeconomic returns of austerity crucially depend on the values of...