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Dynamic fiscal competition : a political economy theory

Arcalean, Calin - 2019

I develop a political economy theory of dynamic fiscal competition via public spending and debt. With internationally mobile capital, strategic policies generate two cross-border externalities that voters in each country fail to internalize: (1) an increase in public spending that bolsters...

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Does conservatism matter? : a time series approach to central banking

Berger, Helge; Woitek, Ulrich - 1999

The empirical literature on central banking has found measures of central bank independence/conservatism to be …. We find that an increase in central bank conservatism leads to higher short-term interest rates and a more activist … economy, higher output and somewhat lower inflation. We also investigate the interaction between the central bank and the …

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Technology shocks and aggregate fluctuations in an estimated hybrid RBC model

Malley, James R.; Woitek, Ulrich - 2009

This paper contributes to the on-going empirical debate regarding the role of the RBC model and in particular of technology shocks in explaining aggregate fluctuations. To this end we estimate the model's posterior density using Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) methods. Within this framework we...

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Electoral uncertainty, fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations

Malley, James R. (contributor); … - 2005

In this paper we study the link between elections, fiscal policy and aggregate fluctuations. The set-up is a stylized dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model incorporating both technology and political re-election shocks. The later are incorporated via a two-party model with elections. The...

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