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Fiscal Adjustments and Business Cycle Synchronization
Agnello, Luca - 2013
Using a panel of annual data for 20 countries we show that synchronized fiscal consolidation (stimulus) programmes in different countries make their business cycles more closely linked, especially in the case of fiscal adjustments lasting 2 or 3 years. We also find: (i) little evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071388
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Fiscal Spillovers in the Euro Area
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2012
This paper analyses the dynamic effects of fiscal imbalances in a given EMU member state on the borrowing costs of … VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period suggests that euro-denominated government yields are strongly linked … imbalances in Italy and in other peripheral countries should be closely monitored by their EMU partners and the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112600
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Whither Public Interest : The Case of Greece's Public Finances
Moutos, Thomas - 2010
During the last three decades there has been an almost continuous undermining of the public interest by private interests operating either outside or inside Greek public administration. The result of this infiltration has been a gradual loss of bureaucratic autonomy to pursue the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141505
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Whither Public Interest: The Case of Greece's Public Finances
Moutos, Thomas; Tsitsikas, Christos - CESifo - 2010
During the last three decades there has been an almost continuous undermining of the public interest by private interests operating either outside or inside Greek public administration. The result of this infiltration has been a gradual loss of bureaucratic autonomy to pursue the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572540
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A Politico-Economic Analysis of Minimum Wages and Wage Subsidies
Adam, Antonis - 2010
In this paper we construct a political economy model in which minimum wages are determined according to the wishes of the median voter. Using the minimum wage scheme as the status quo, we show that the replacement of minimum wages by wage subsidies guaranteeing the same (pre-tax) level of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760615
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The Modality of Fiscal Consolidation and Current Account Adjustment
Adam, Antonis - 2015
In this paper we argue that supply-side adjustments (i.e. the reallocation of productive resources between the traded and non-traded sectors) can be an important determinant of the output costs of current account adjustment. The argument relies on the fact that tax evasion is more prevalent in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018270
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(Post-) Materialist Attitudes and the Mix of Capital and Labour Taxation
König, Tobias - 2013
Social values shape policy outcomes. We examine the role of postmaterialism, a widely used concept in the social sciences, for the mix of capital and labour taxation chosen by a society. Following political scientist Inglehart, we define the degree of postmaterialism as the relative importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753487
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Fiscal Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics : Some Evidence for Latin America
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Ciferri, Davide; Girardi, … - 2021
This paper analyses the effects of fiscal shocks using a two-country macroeconomic model for output, labour input, government spending and relative prices which provides the orthogonality restrictions for obtaining the structural shocks. Dynamic simulation techniques are then applied, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316574
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Fiscal Spillovers in the Euro Area
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Girardi, Alessandro - CESifo - 2011
This paper analyses the dynamic effects of fiscal imbalances in a given EMU member state on the borrowing costs of … VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period suggests that euro-denominated government yields are strongly linked … imbalances in Italy and in other peripheral countries should be closely monitored by their EMU partners and the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391724
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Fiscal Adjustments and Business Cycle Synchronization
Agnello, Luca; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sousa, Ricardo M. - CESifo - 2013
Using a panel of annual data for 20 countries we show that synchronized fiscal consolidation (stimulus) programmes in different countries make their business cycles more closely linked, especially in the case of fiscal adjustments lasting 2 or 3 years. We also find: (i) little evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721606