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The Effects of Fiscal Consolidations : Theory and Evidence

Alesina, Alberto - 2017

We investigate the macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidations based upon government spending cuts, transfers cuts and tax hikes. We extend a narrative dataset of fiscal consolidations, with details on over 3500 measures for 16 OECD countries. We show that government spending cuts and cuts in...

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The design of fiscal adjustments

Alesina, Alberto F. - 2012

This paper offers three results. First, in line with the previous literature, we confirm that fiscal adjustments based mostly on the spending side are less likely to be reversed. Second, spending based fiscal adjustments have caused smaller recessions than tax based fiscal adjustments. Finally,...

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The Output Effect of Fiscal Consolidations

Alesina, Alberto - 2012

The present paper argues that the correct experiment to evaluate the effects of a fiscal adjustment is the simulation of fiscal plans rather than of individual fiscal shocks. The simulation of the fiscal plans adopted by 16 OECD countries over a 30-year period supports the hypothesis that the...

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Does Inflation Targeting Matter?

Ball, Laurence - 2003

This paper asks whether inflation targeting improves economic performance, as measured by the behavior of inflation, output, and interest rates. We compare seven OECD countries that adopted inflation targeting in the early 1990s to thirteen that did not. After the early 90s, performance improved...

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Managing the Public Debt in Fiscal Stabilizations : The Evidence

Missale, Alessandro - 1997

This paper provides evidence on the behavior of public debt managers during fiscal" stabilizations in OECD countries over the last two decades. We find that debt maturity tends to" lengthen the more credible the program, the lower the long-term interest rate and the higher the" volatility of...

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The Time for Austerity : Estimating the Average Treatment Effect of Fiscal Policy

Jordà, Òscar - 2013

After the Global Financial Crisis a controversial rush to fiscal austerity followed in many countries. Yet research on the effects of austerity on macroeconomic aggregates was and still is unsettled, mired by the difficulty of identifying multipliers from observational data. This paper...

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Technology, Factor Supplies and International Specialization : Estimating the Neoclassical Model

Harrigan, James - 1996

The standard neoclassical model of trade theory predicts that international specialization will be jointly determined … by cross-country differences in relative factor endowments and relative technology levels. This paper uses duality theory …-neutral technology differences are measured using an application of the theory of total factor productivity comparisons, and factor …

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Sufficient Statistics for Imperfect Externality-Correcting Policies

Jacobsen, Mark R. - 2016

Pigouvian taxes can fully correct for market failures due to externalities, but actual policies are commonly forced to deviate from the Pigouvian ideal due to administrative or political constraints. This paper derives sufficient statistics, which require a minimum of market information, that...

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Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries : Composition and Macroeconomic Effects

Alesina, Alberto - 1996

This ppaer studies how the composition of fiscal adjustments influences their likelihood of success, defined as a long lasting deficit reduction, and their macroeconomic consequences. We find that fiscal adjustments which rely primarily on spending cuts on transfers and the government wage bill...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473108

Non-Keynesian Effects of Fiscal Policy Changes : International Evidence and the Swedish Experience

Giavazzi, Francesco - 1995

In earlier work we documented two episodes in which a sharp fiscal consolidation was associated with a very large expansions in private domestic demand. In this paper we draw on further evidence to investigate if and when fiscal policy changes can have such non-Keynesian effects. In the first...

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