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Macroeconomic Policies of the Economic and Monetary Union: Theorectical Underpinnings and Challenges

Arestis, Philip; Sawyer, Malcolm - EconWPA - 2003

decipher the type of economic analysis and macroeconomic policies of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) theoretical and … the EMU macroeconomic policies lie in their potential to achieve full employment and low inflation in the euro area. We … conclude that the institutional and policy arrangements surrounding the EMU and the euro are neither adequate for dealing with …

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Bad for Euroland, Worse for Germany-The ECB's Record

Bibow, Jorg - EconWPA - 2005

This paper assesses the contribution of the European Central Bank (ECB) to Germany’s ongoing economic crisis, a vicious circle of decline in which the country has become stuck since the early 1990s. It is argued that the ECB continues the Bundesbank tradition of asymmetric policymaking: the...

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The short-term impact of government budgets on prices Evidence from macroeconometric models

henry, jerome; momigliano, sandro; cos, pablo hernandez de - EconWPA - 2005

This paper reviews the existing empirical evidence on the short-term impact on prices of fiscal variables and assesses it against new results from harmonised simulations, conducted with six well-established econometric models used by the ECB and five national central banks (NCBs) of the...

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Government size and output volatility: is there a relationship?

Virén, Matti - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides some further tests for the proposition that a larger public sector leads to smaller output volatility. Both Gali and Fatas & Mihov have provided some evidence which appears to support this proposition. Their evidence is, however, based on a relatively small sample of...

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A Simple Proposal for a 'Debt-Sensitive Stability Pact'

Saraceno, Francesco; Monperrus-Veroni, Paola - EconWPA - 2004

The main rationale for fiscal policy rules is the concern for long term sustainability of public finances, that in a monetary union may affect the other members. Among many other criticisms, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) has been seen as contradictory or incomplete because it focuses on...

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Guidelines for sustained growth in the EU? The concept and consequences of the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines

Hein, Eckhard; Niechoj, Torsten - EconWPA - 2005

The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines contain the answers of the European Commission and the governments of the EU-member countries to the European growth and employment problems. These guidelines have been the major EU-economic policy concept for around ten years now. They can be seen as a...

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Macroeconomic Policy in a Real Business Cycle Model with Money

Chen, Shiu-Sheng - EconWPA - 2002

This paper examines the impact of macroeconomic policy shocks in a Real- Business-Cycle Model with money. In addition to technology shocks, I include government consumption, government investment, tax rate and monetary policy as sources of random disturbances. Money is introduced in a...

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A numerical approach to fiscal policy, unemployment, and growth in Europe

Daveri, Francesco; Maffezzoli, Marco - EconWPA - 2000

We calibrate an infinite-horizon model with endogenous growth and unemployment on actual data from the largest countries in the European Union. Two types of balanced-budget fiscal policy experiments are studied. First, the effects of separately changing the tax rates on capital, labor and...

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Measuring China's Fiscal Policy Stance

Dullien, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2005

This paper argues that the tradtitional way of gauging a country's fiscal policy stance by looking at government budget deficit or cyclically adjusted budget deficits is misleading in the case of China, since a lot of what usually would be considered fiscal policy is conducted via investment by...

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Argentina: Trying to Make Sense of the Financial Tango

Buchs, Thierry - EconWPA - 2005

The paper discusses and revisits some of the most popular stories behind the 2001 financial crisis in Argentina, i.e. the prolonged overvaluation of the peso owing to the Currency Board arrangement, the lack of fiscal adjustment, and the negative external environment which triggered a “sudden...

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