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Policy mix and debt sustainability : evidence from fiscal policy rules
Claeys, Peter - 2005
This paper characterises rules-based fiscal policy setting. Basically, we translate a standard monetary policy rule into a simple fiscal policy rule. We then infer on fiscal policymakers' reaction coefficients by testing the rule with GMM. Interaction is also tested directly by the inclusion of...
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Taxation, corruption and the exchange rate regime
Hefeker, Carsten - 2009
The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption and improve the fiscal system. A monetary union,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264571
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Outside versus inside bonds: A Modigliani-Miller type result for liquidity constrained economies
Berentsen, Aleksander; Waller, Christopher Jude - 2010
When agents are liquidity constrained, two options exist - sell assets or borrow. We compare the allocations arising in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277131
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Japan's Low Inflation Conundrum
Mayer, Thomas; Schnabl, Gunther - 2022
The paper analyses the reasons for Japan's persistently low inflation since the bursting of the Japanese bubble economy … (low inflation conundrum). It is shown that Japan experienced a structural break from a high-growth period with relatively … creation in Japan's post-bubble period. With the price level being assumed to be dependent on both goods with free market …
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Monetary policy and redistribution: What can or cannot be neutralized with Mirrleesian taxes
Gahvari, Firouz; Micheletto, Luca - 2012
This paper develops an overlapping-generations model with heterogeneous agents in terms of earning ability and cash-in-advance constraint. It shows that tax policy cannot fully replicate or neutralize the redistributive implications of monetary policy. While who gets the extra money becomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280805
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Asset price shocks, real expenditures, and financial structure: a multi-country analysis
Chirinko, Robert S.; de Haan, Leo; Sterken, Elmer - 2008
countries, Japan, and the United States to shocks in housing and equity prices. The effects are assessed with a Structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274043
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How weak is the weakest-link principle? : On the measurement of firm owners' control rights
Weichenrieder, Alfons J.; Edwards, Jeremy S. S. - 2004
The paper argues that the weakest link principle, which has been widely used as a measure of ultimate owners? control rights, has a number of serious problems. A theoretically more satisfactory method of measuring control rights, based on voting power indices, is proposed, and the different...
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Ownership concentration, monitoring and optimal board structure
Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2005
The paper analyzes the optimal structure of the board of directors in a firm with a large shareholder sitting on the board. In a one-tier structure the sole board performs all tasks, while in a two-tier structure the management board is in charge of project selection and the supervisory board is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261334
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Diversification and ownership concentration
Parigi, Bruno Maria; Pelizzon, Loriana - 2005
We consider a mean-variance general equilibrium economy where the expected returns for controlling and non-controlling shareholders are different because the former are able to divert a fraction of the profits. We find that when investor protection is poor, asset return correlation affects...
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Learning from the past: trends in executive compensation over the twentieth century
Frydman, Carola - 2008
In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views of compensation as the result of a competitive labor market for executives to theories based on...
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