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The Fiscal Multiplier of Public Investment : The Role of Corporate Balance Sheet

Espinoza, Raphael A.; Gamboa-Arbelaez, Juliana; Sy, … - 2021

This paper explores whether public investment crowds out or crowds in private investment. To this aim, we build a database of about half a million firms from 49 countries. We find that the effect of public investment on corporate investment depends both on leverage and financial constraints....

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How Do Fiscal and Labor Policies in France Affect Inequality?

Espinoza, Raphael A. - 2016

This paper explores the impact of fiscal and labor market policies on efficiency, inequality, and fiscal outcomes in France. We extend the general equilibrium model calibrated for France by Alla and others (2015), with measures of labor and capital income for different groups in the economy (the...

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The Fiscal Multiplier of European Structural Investment Funds : Aggregate and Sectoral Effects with an Application to Slovenia

Durand, Luigi; Espinoza, Raphael A. - 2022

In this paper, we estimate the aggregate and sectoral fiscal multipliers of EU Structural Investment (ESI) Funds and of public investment at the EU level. We complement these results with a specific application to the case of Slovenia. We first analyze aggregate data and find large and...

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Monetary Policy Transmission in the GCC Countries

Espinoza, Raphael A. - 2012

macroprudential tools to affect liquidity and credit. Nonetheless, a panel vector auto regression model suggests that U.S. monetary …

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Monetary Transaction Costs and the Term Premium

Espinoza, Raphael A. - 2013

We show that, in a monetary equilibrium, trade and asset prices depend on both the supply of the liquidity by the … Central Bank and the liquidity of assets and commodities. As a result, monetary aggregates are informative for the conduct of … monetary policy. We also show asset prices are higher in liquidity-constrained states of nature. This generates a term premium …

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FX Intervention in the New Keynesian Model

Alla, Zineddine - 2017

We develop an open economy New Keynesian Model with foreign exchange intervention inthe presence of a financial accelerator mechanism. We obtain closed-form solutions for theoptimal interest rate policy and FX intervention under discretionary policy, in the face ofshocks to risk appetite in...

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Unconventional Policy Instruments in the New Keynesian Model

Alla, Zineddine - 2016

This paper analyzes the use of unconventional policy instruments in New Keynesian setups in which the ‘divine coincidence' breaks down. The paper discusses the role of a second instrument and its coordination with conventional interest rate policy, and presents theoretical results on...

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Effective Fiscal-Monetary Interactions in Severe Recessions

Chen, Jiaqian; Espinoza, Raphael A.; Goncalves, Carlos; … - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent need for policy support have called the traditional separation between fiscal and monetary policies into question. Based on simulations of an open economy DSGE model calibrated to emerging and advance economies and case study evidence, the analysis shows...

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Fiscal Policy and the Current Account

Ali Abbas, S.M.; Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques; Fatás, Antonio; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between fiscal policy and the current account, drawing on a larger country sample than in previous studies and using panel regressions, vector auto-regressions, and an analysis of large fiscal and external adjustments. On average, a strengthening in the...

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The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Rules in the US States

Fatás, Antonio; Mihov, Ilian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Fiscal policy restrictions are often criticized for limiting the ability of governments to react to business cycle fluctuations. Therefore, the adoption of quantitative restrictions is viewed as inevitably leading to increased macroeconomic volatility. In this Paper we use data from 48 US states...

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