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In this paper, we examine the link between political transparency of a common central bank (CCB) and decentralized supply-side fiscal policies in a monetary union. We find that the opacity of a conservative CCB has a restrictive effect on national fiscal policies since each government...
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In this paper we derive optimal monetary targeting rules under various assumptions about fiscal behavior. In contrast to the existing literature we use a linear-quadratic approach and allow for dynamic games between the two policy authorities. It is shown that optimal monetary behavior is...
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Using the new unit root test by Phillips et al. (2011) we show that the Target balances of the German Bundesbank have been exploding from the beginning of 2009 to the beginning of 2013. By implementing a full-allotment policy and reducing the required minimum quality of collaterals in October...
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, we show that bailout plans with controlled interest rates can help in reducing debt-GDP ratios after some time. On the …
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1998 and 2012. Our key theoretical argument is related to the bail-out guarantee provided by a monetary union, which …
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, we show that bailout plans with controlled interest rates can help in reducing debt-GDP ratios after some time. On the …
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open economy requests a bailout from an international financial institution, it receives a non-defaultable loan of size G … that comes with imposed debt limits. The government endogenously asks for the bailout during recessions and repays it when … the economy recovers. Hence, the bailout acts as an imperfect state contingent asset that makes the economy better off …
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Central banks affect the resources available to fiscal authorities through the impact of their policies on the public debt, as well as through their income, their mix of assets, their liabilities, and their own solvency. This paper inspects the ability of the central bank to alleviate the fiscal...
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Central banks affect the resources available to fiscal authorities through the impact of their policies on the public debt, as well as through their income, their mix of assets, their liabilities, and their own solvency. This paper inspects the ability of the central bank to alleviate the fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948206