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The role of fiscal transfers for regional economic convergence in Europe

Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Nickel, Christiane; … - 2009

-capita output convergence across a large sample of European regions during the period 1995-2005. We find that net fiscal transfers …. -- Fiscal policy, convergence ; regional economic growth ; regional migration …

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Fiscal transfers and economic convergence

Capella-Ramos, João; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2020

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of … transfers in real and business cycle convergence at a regional level. The paper distinguishes between net fiscal transfers – a … provides evidence that net fiscal transfers have contributed to income redistribution across regions and to faster convergence …

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Debt sustainability analysis for euro area sovereigns: A methodological framework

Bouabdallah, Othman; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2017

The euro area sovereign debt crisis has highlighted the importance of reducing public debt levels and building up sufficient fiscal buffers during normal and good times. It has also reaffirmed the need for a thorough debt sustainability analysis (DSA) to act as a warning system for national...

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A decomposition of structural revenue developments for euro area member states

Morris, Richard; Reiss, Lukas - 2020

This paper presents a framework for analysing the evolution of the structural government deficit estimated using the official EU methodology relevant for the Stability and Growth Pact. The focus of our framework lies in the analysis of the main driving forces of changes in estimated structural...

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Household saving and fiscal policy: Evidence for the euro area from a thick modelling perspective

Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Stecher, Marcel - 2021

We study the relationship between fiscal policy and household saving across the euro area countries for the period 1999-2019. To this extent, we propose a thick modelling approach, which allows a vast number of model specifications in a dynamic panel setting. We find that fiscal expansions are...

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What explains the surge in euro area sovereign spreads during the financial crisis of 2007 - 09?

Attinasi, Maria-Grazia; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2009

This paper uses a dynamic panel approach to explain the determinants of widening sovereign bond yield spreads vis-à-vis Germany in selected euro area countries during the period end-July 2007 to end-March 2009, when the financial turmoil developed into a full-blown financial and economic...

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The impact of high and growing government debt on economic growth : an empirical investigation for the euro area

Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Rother, Philipp C. - 2010

This paper investigates the average impact of government debt on per-capita GDP growth in twelve euro area countries over a period of about 40 years starting in 1970. It finds a non-linear impact of debt on growth with a turning point—beyond which the government debt-to-GDP ratio has a...

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A Fiscal Capacity for the Euro Area : Lessons from Existing Fiscal-Federal Systems

Burriel, Pablo - 2020

After the financial and economic crisis in Europe, a broad consensus has emerged that a stronger fiscal dimension may be needed to complete the architecture of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). This paper analyses the performance of interregional transfers in existing fiscal-federal systems,...

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A Decomposition of Structural Revenue Developments for Euro Area Member States

Morris, Richard - 2020

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Towards a single performance indicator in the EU's fiscal governance framework : an assessment of the expenditure and structural balance rules in the European fiscal governance fra...

Benalal, Nicholai; Freier, Maximilian; Melyn, Wim; … - 2022

A key element of the European reform agenda is to simplify the EU fiscal governance framework by moving towards a single debt anchor and a single operational indicator as the basis for formulating fiscal targets and assessing compliance. This paper puts forward an in-depth analysis of two...

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