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cannot detect a signi.cant contribution of fiscal policies in stabilizing the US economy. For instance, the 2007-2009 large …
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We provide a comprehensive account of the dynamics of eurozone countries from 2000 to 2012. We analyze private leverage, fiscal policy, labor costs and interest rates and we propose a strategy to separate the impact of credit cycles, excessive government spending, and sudden stops. We then ask...
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This study investigates the evolution of central bank profits as fiscal revenue (or: seigniorage) before and in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-9, focusing on a select group of central banks - namely the Bank of England, the United States Federal Reserve System, the Bank of...
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Since the 2008 global financial crisis, and after decades of relative neglect, the importance of the financial system and its episodic crises as drivers of macroeconomic outcomes has attracted fresh scrutiny from academics, policy makers, and practitioners. Theoretical advances are following a...
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Bank of India (RBI) in light of developments in the Indian economy during the last decade (2003-04 to 2013-14). The paper …
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This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances had remained unchecked prior to the crisis. As those...
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This paper reconsiders fiscal policy effectiveness in light of the recent economic crisis. It examines the fiscal policy approach advocated by the economics profession today and the specific policy actions undertaken by the Bush and Obama administrations. An examination of the labor market...
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for fiscal intervention to rescue the economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government was overdue with corrective measures …. This paper explains Germany's hesitancy to protect its economy, which has been based on a political and historical ideology … that that rejects issuing new public debt to increase public spending, thus leaving the economy exposed to the doldrums …
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