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Theory of Money holds provided the economy is not trapped in a liquidity hole. The traditional theory of comparative …
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account, but does not affect consumption; ii) the responses of output and investment are smaller in more open economies, while … model. We find that i) government spending increases output and induces a simultaneous decline of investment and the current … we allow for habit formation in consumption. Specifically, habits are crucial for government spending to induce a …
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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 fiscal theory of the price level says that the price level can be made determinate if the government uses fiscal policies such that government liabilities explode unless the price in the first period is at the "right" level. The policy implications are disturbing, as they call for rather...
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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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This paper offers a framework to study commitment and cooperation issues in games with multiple policymakers. To reconcile some puzzles in the recent literature on the nature of policy interactions among nations, we prove that games characterized by different commitment and cooperation schemes...
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