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Measuring Aspects of Fiscal and Financial Policy

Buiter, Willem H. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

The paper develops a forward-looking comprehensive accounting framework for the public sector. By integrating the public sector budget constraint forward in time the government's present value budget constraint (PVBC) is obtained. In addition to the familiar financial assets and liabilities,...

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National Insolvency: A Test of the US Intertemporal Budget Constraint

Uctum, Merih; Wickens, Michael R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

If a nation fails to satisfy its intertemporal budget constraint (IBC) then, like a government or a household, either it will become insolvent or it can consume more of its income. The main purpose of this paper is to establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a nation to satisfy its IBC,...

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Macroeconomic Policies in the OECD and LDC External Adjustment

McKibbin, Warwick; Sachs, Jeffrey - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1985

In this paper, the authors describe a simulation model for analyzing the effects of macroeconomic policies in the OECD on global macroeconomic equilibrium. Particular attention is paid to the effects on developing countries of alternative mixes of monetary and fiscal policies in the OECD. Though...

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Financing Budget Deficits by Seigniorage and Implicit Taxation: The Cases of Spain and Portugal

Repullo, Rafael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

This paper evaluates the contribution of seigniorage and implicit taxation of financial intermediation to the financing of the budget deficits in Spain and Portugal during the 1980s. The paper starts with a simple partial equilibrium model of the banking sector, which is used to derive two sets...

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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia is NOT a Paradox

Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In 'Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia,' Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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Distributional Impact of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

. Using a GARCH model, we find that Australia experienced more volatility than many commodity exporting poor countries between …

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Twin Deficits, Openness and the Business Cycle

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Müller, Gernot - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In this paper, we study the co-movement of the government budget balance and the trade balance at business cycle frequencies. In a sample of 10 OECD countries we find that the correlation of the two time series is negative, but less so in more open economies. Moreover, for the US the...

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Wealth Targets, Exchange Rate Targets and Macroeconomic Policy

Blake, Andrew P; Vines, David; Weale, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

This paper argues that a wealth target is an important feature of an economic policy package. A real exchange rate target can be used as an intermediate target to steer national wealth towards its desired value. Such a policy requires that fiscal policy be used to restrain inflation. This may be...

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Monetary Union and Fiscal Policy Discipline

Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

The possible emergence of a monetary union in Europe raises a number of new and difficult questions. A central concern is the implication for fiscal policy-making. Fiscal policy assumes an increased importance once the monetary policy instrument is lost. The Delors Report has suggested that...

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The Macroeconomic Costs and Benefits of the EMU and other Monetary Unions: An Overview of Recent Research

Beetsma, Roel; Giuliodori, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This article provides an overview of recent research into the macroeconomic costs and benefits of monetary unification. We are primarily interested in Europe’s monetary union. Given that unification entails the loss of a policy instrument its potential benefits have to be found elsewhere....

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