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Unconventional Fiscal Policy at the Zero Bound
Correia, Isabel - 2011
When the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates binds, monetary policy cannot provide appropriate stimulus. We show that in the standard New Keynesian model, tax policy can deliver such stimulus at no cost and in a time-consistent manner. There is no need to use inefficient policies such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461899
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The Macroeconomics of Border Taxes
Barbiero, Omar - 2018
We analyze the dynamic macroeconomic effects of border adjustment taxes, both when they are a feature of corporate tax … reform (C-BAT) and for the case of value added taxes (VAT). Our analysis arrives at the following main conclusions. First, C …. Lastly, border taxes increase government revenues in periods of trade deficit, however, given the net foreign asset position …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453018
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Fiscal Devaluations
Farhi, Emmanuel - 2011
We show that even when the exchange rate cannot be devalued, a small set of conventional fiscal instruments can robustly replicate the real allocations attained under a nominal exchange rate devaluation in a dynamic New Keynesian open economy environment. We perform the analysis under...
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