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nineties and the puzzling decline of the euro during its virtual existence to changes in the demand for deutschmarks in eastern … the dollar and the weakness of the euro reflect the prosperity of the US and the weakness of the European economy on both …
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The paper provides and empirical characterization of fiscal policy in the euro area and in a group of twenty-two OECD … economies over the period from 1970 until 2007. Using the cyclically-adjusted fiscal balance we document that policy in the euro … policies. However, the component of the budget due to automatic stabilizers reacts stronger in the euro-area countries than in …
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This paper investigates the consequences of fiscal policies for the exchange rate. After developing a simple theory of how government financing policies should effect the exchange rate, we test it using data on the dollar/pound exchange rate. Previous analyses have concentrated mainly on the...
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provision of lender of last resort facilities in the euro zone and the framework for supervising financial institutions. The … Growth Pact have been justified by the threat high debts might pose to the stability of the euro zone's financial markets. I …
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This paper illustrates the importance of the fiscal framework for monetary analysis by discussing three separate issues. I begin by examining how the fiscal framework changes the macroeconomic equilibrium associated with different steady state rates of money growth. This includes a summary of...
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We lay out a tractable model for fiscal and monetary policy analysis in a currency union, and analyze its implications for the optimal design of such policies. Monetary policy is conducted by a common central bank, which sets the interest rate for the union as a whole. Fiscal policy is...
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Formation of the Euro area raises new questions about the coordination of monetary and fiscal policy. Using a New …
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This paper explores the gains to monetary union. We consider a two-country overlapping generations model. Agents work when young and have random tastes over the composition (domestic vs. foreign goods) of old age consumption. In equilibrium, governments require that local currency be used for...
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While the ECB helped mitigate the euro crisis in the aftermath of Lehman, it has stretched its monetary mandate and …
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Countries with high debt loads are vulnerable to an adverse feedback loop in which doubts by lenders lead to higher sovereign interest rates which in turn make the debt problems more severe. We analyze the recent experience of advanced economies using both econometric methods and case studies...
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