This paper studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area. It carefully discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. As to policy competition, the focus is on competition between the European central bank, the American...

Mit seinen Veröffentlichungen in den Medien, seinen RWI : Positionen und der Mitwirkung an der vom Bundesministerium der Wirtschaft und Technologie in Auftrag gegebenen Gemeinschaftsdiagnose hat das Institut nach Kräften dazu beizutragen versucht, auch außerhalb der engen Fachwelt Licht in...

We study the impact of the interaction between fiscal and monetary policy on the low-frequency relationship between the fiscal stance and inflation using crosscountry data from 1965 to 1999. In a first step, we contrast the monetary-fiscal narrative for Germany, the U.S. and Italy with evidence...

This paper studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area. The focus is on the union central bank, the German government, and the French government. The policy targets are price stability in the union, full employment in Germany, and full employment in France. The...