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This paper outlines some issues regarding the interaction of independent fiscal authorities and one central bank in the European monetary union.It points out the possibilities for coordination failures,ranging everywhere from potentially excessive deficits and free-riding problems to...
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A model is constructed in which consumers and banks have incentives to fake the quality of collateral. Conventional monetary easing can exacerbate these problems, in that the mispresentation of collateral becomes more profitable, thus increasing haircuts and interest rate differentials. Central...
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The 2000s was a particularly eventful decade for both the international and Australian economies. There were: two recessions in many countries; the largest international financial crisis since the Great Depression; the ongoing rapid development of Asia; asset booms and busts; and, Australia...
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:5, and that a surprise tax increase has a contractionary effect on output, consumption and investment.Our results differ from … shock is not, that government spending shocks crowd out both residential and on-residential investment but do not reduce … consumption, that a deficit spending cut stimulates the economy for the first 4 quarters but has a low median multiplier of 0 …
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The replacement of national currencies by a common currency in the EMU causes a monetary externality if the European Central Bank is inclined to monetize part of outstanding government debt in the community.High government debt in one part of the EU then increases the common inflation rate.We...
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expected inflation, which in turn, reduces the real interest rate and leads to an increase in private consumption. This paper …
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asymmetric, fiscal policy flexibility is limited, goods markets adjust sluggishly, labour mobility is low and automatic …
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This paper (i) estimates the local effects of government stimulus spending on labor market outcomes and (ii) shows how … reinforces the importance of the intensive labor margin. …
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