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stability. In this paper, we relax the assumptions underpinning the FTPL by developing a two country open economy model, where …
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operating under flexible exchange rates has suggested that, in contrast to the closed economy FTPL, insolvent fiscal policy may … FTPL by developing a two country open economy model, where each country has overlapping generations of non … stabilise the debt of another fiscal authority, and there is no requirement that these policy makers operate in the same economy …
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Political Economy, has focused on real economies where there is strategic use of policy instruments in a world of political … conflict. In this paper we combine these literatures and assume that policy is set in a New Keynesian economy by one of two …/or composition). Given the environment, policy shall be realistically constrained to be time-consistent. In a sticky-price economy …
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Recent work on optimal monetary and fiscal policy in New Keynesian models suggests that it is optimal to allow steady-state debt to follow a random walk. Leith and Wren-Lewis (2012) consider the nature of the timeinconsistency involved in such a policy and its implication for discretionary...
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We consider optimal monetary and fiscal policies in a New Keynesian model of a small open economy with sticky prices …
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to optimal monetary policy. We explore this consensus assignment in an economy subject to ‘deep’ habits at the level of … economy subject to the additional externality of deep habits and explore the ability of simple (but potentially nonlinear …
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The paper explores the macroeconomic consequences of fiscal consolidations whose timing and composition - either tax- or spending-based - are uncertain. We find that the composition of the fiscal consolidation, its duration, the monetary policy stance, the level of government debt, and...
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In this paper, we investigate the effects of housing-related tax policy measures on macroeconomic aggregates using a dynamic general-equilibrium model. The model features borrowing and lending across heterogeneous households, financial frictions in the form of collateral constraints tied to...
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Inflation dynamics in advanced countries have produced two consecutive puzzles during the years after the global financial crisis. The first puzzle emerged when inflation rates over the period 2009-11 were consistently higher than expected, although economic slack in advanced countries reached...
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The authors construct a simple general equilibrium model of unemployment and calibrate it to the Canadian economy. Job …, higher discretionary taxes, and a slower rate of productivity growth. They find that in the model economy the impact of all …
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