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Do Fiscal Multipliers Depend on Fiscal Positions?
Huidrom, Raju - 2016
Ricardian channel through which households reduce consumption in anticipation of future fiscal adjustments …
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Why do fiscal multipliers depend on fiscal positions?
Huidrom, Raju; Kose, M. Ayhan; Lim, Jamus Jerome; … - 2019
reduce consumption in anticipation of future fiscal adjustments when fiscal stimulus is implemented from a weak fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008266
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Cross-region transfers in a monetary union : evidence from the US and some implications
Pennings, Steven - 2020
US federal transfers to individuals are large, countercyclical, vary geographically, and are often credited for helping stabilize regional economies. This paper estimates the short-run effects of these transfers using plausibly exogenous regional variation in temporary stimulus packages and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241154
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When is the Government Transfer Multiplier Large?
Giambattista, Eric - 2017
Transfers to individuals were a larger part of the 2009 U.S. stimulus package than government purchases. Using a two-agent New Keynesian model, this paper shows analytically that the multiplier on targeted transfers to financially constrained households is (i) larger than the purchase multiplier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245731
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Leaning Against the Wind : Fiscal Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in a Historical Perspective
Vegh, Carlos - 2017
This report by the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of the World Bank studies the region's fiscal policies. After reviewing LAC's growth performance, Chapter 1 provides an accounting of its financing needs during the 21st Century to understand how such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247900
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The 2014–16 oil price collapse in retrospect sources and implications
Stocker, Marc; Baffes, John; Some, Y. Modeste; Vorisek, Dana - 2018
With the benefit of hindsight, this paper provides a fresh and comprehensive look at the causes of the 2014-16 collapse in oil prices and its impact on the global economy. It disentangles the contribution of supply and demand factors, assesses the impact on activity in oil exporters and oil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866289
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Exiting financial repression : the case of Ethiopia
Chauffour, Jean-Pierre; Gobezie, Muluneh Ayalew - 2019
Ethiopia's framework for managing its monetary and foreign exchange policy has relied on some standard instruments of financial repression. Over time, the framework has led to the buildup of large macro-financial imbalances. Exiting financial repression while maintaining macroeconomic stability...
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Productivity convergence is anyone catching up?
Kindberg-Hanlon, Gene; Okou, Cedric - 2020
percent. Average productivity growth in EMDEs has picked up rapidly since 2000, renewing interest in the convergence … rate of convergence remains low, with current growth differentials halving the productivity gap only after over 100 years …. Behind the low average pace of convergence lies considerable diversity among groups of countries converging toward different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297202
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Latin American growth : a trade perspective
Torre, Augusto de la; Ize, Alain - 2019
This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction exerted by the country's exports, (ii) an external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051845
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Poverty convergence in a time of stagnation : a municipal-level perspective from Mexico (1992–2014)
López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2019
This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121224