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Unstash the Cash! Corporate Governance Reform in Japan

Aoyagi, Chie - 2014

Japan's high corporate savings might be holding back growth. We focus on the causes and consequences of the current … corporate behavior and suggest options for reform. In particular, Japan's weak corporate governance - as measured by available … comprehensive corporate governance reform should be a key component of Japan's growth strategy …

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Foreign Help Wanted : Easing Japan's Labor Shortages

Ganelli, Giovanni - 2015

Data and anecdotal evidence suggest that Japan is suffering from labor shortages, which are large in an international … focuses on policy options to ease Japan's labor shortages. In particular, we focus on possible measures to increase reliance …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015603

Spillovers from Japan's Unconventional Monetary Policy to Emerging Asia : A Global VAR Approach

Ganelli, Giovanni - 2016

We use a Global VAR model to study spillovers from the Bank of Japan's quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) on …

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Fiscal Devaluation in a Monetary Union

Engler, Philipp - 2014

Using a DSGE model calibrated to the euro area, we analyze the international effects of afiscal devaluation (FD) implemented as a revenue-neutral shift from employer's socialcontributions to the Value Added Tax. We find that a FD in 'Southern European countries' has a strong positive effect on...

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The International Effects of Government Spending Composition

Ganelli, Giovanni - 2021

This paper helps resolve a paradox in the literature, noticed by Alesina and Perotti (1995), which is that, although government employment is an important component of public spending, the debate on the effects of fiscal policy focuses almost exclusively on shocks to non-wage government...

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Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Economy with Endogenous Public Debt

Luk, Paul; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper uses a New Keynesian framework to study the coordination of fiscal and monetary policies, in response to an inflation shock when the policymaker acts with commitment. We first show that, in the simplest New Keynesian model, fiscal policy plays no part in the optimal policy response,...

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Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Economy with Inflation Persistence

Luk, Paul; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper studies a simple New-Keynesian model of fiscal and monetary policy coordination when the policymaker acts under commitment. With a New Keynesian Phillips curve it is optimal to control inflation only through the use of monetary policy. But, when price-setters use a Steinsson (2003)...

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Simple Rules for the Open Economy: Evaluating Alternative Proposals

Tirelli, Patrizio; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

The paper evaluates some proposals for macroeconomic stabilization in an open economy, which take the form of simple rules. The first rule assigns monetary policy to inflation control and does not require fiscal intervention. The second rule adds fiscal control of a foreign wealth target to the...

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Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy: Impact Effects with a New Keynesian `Assignment' of Weapons to Targets

Meade, James; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

This paper considers fiscal and monetary policy in a short-run static macroeconomic model. There are two objectives, control of inflation and control over the growth of national wealth, and a third outcome of importance, a high level of employment. There are two instruments, monetary policy (the...

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Five-Equation Macroeconomics: A Simple View of the Interactions Between Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy

Kirsanova, Tatiana; Stehn, Sven Jari; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper studies the interactions of fiscal and monetary policy when they stabilise a single economy against shocks in a dynamic setting. We assume that fiscal and monetary policies both stabilise the economy only by causing changes to aggregate demand. Our findings are as follows. If the both...

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