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Harnessing Windfall Revenues : Optimal Policies for Resource-Rich Developing Economies
van der Ploeg, Rick - 2009
, investment, and the distribution of funds for consumption, particularly if the windfall is both anticipated and temporary. We … show that the permanent income hypothesis prescription of an ever-lasting increase in consumption financed by borrowing … is large relative to initial foreign debt, is it optimal to build a SWF. The optimal time profile of consumption is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764524
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Fiscal Policy and Dutch Disease
van der Ploeg, Rick - 2021
In this paper we revisit the Dutch disease paying particular attention to the role of specific factors of production and capital stock dynamics. The main insight is that if the natural resource rich windfall is substantial but not large enough for the country to become a rentier, capital goods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316031
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Fiscal Divergence and Current Account Imbalances in Europe
Schnabl, Gunther - 2013
Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086602
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Saving Alberta's Resource Revenues : Role of Intergenerational and Liquidity Funds
Van Den Bremer, Ton - 2016
We use a welfare-based intertemporal stochastic optimization model and historical data to estimate the size of the optimal intergenerational and liquidity funds and the corresponding resource dividend available to the government of the Canadian province Alberta. To first-order of approximation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979602
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Unconventional Fiscal Policy
D'Acunto, Francesco; Hoang, Daniel; Weber, Michael - 2021
Unconventional fiscal policy uses announcements of future increases in consumption taxes to generate inflation … expectations and accelerate consumption expenditure. It is budget neutral and time consistent. We provide preliminary evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315437
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Economic and Politico-Economic Equivalence of Fiscal Policies
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín - 2012
We extend 'economic equivalence' results, like the Ricardian equivalence proposition, to the political sphere where policy is chosen sequentially. We derive conditions under which a policy regime (summarizing admissible policy choices in every period) and a state are 'politico-economically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111478
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Estimating the Effects of Coordinated Fiscal Actions in the Euro Area
Hebous, Shafik - 2012
We estimate spillover effects of a fiscal shock in one member country in the euro area on outputs of the rest of the members, using a Global Vector Autoregression (GVAR) model. We compare the effects of a domestic fiscal shock with those of a similar size area-wide shock expressed as a weighted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101197
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Cross-Border Effects of Fiscal Consolidations : Estimates Based on Narrative Records
Hebous, Shafik; Zimmermann, Tom - 2021
We estimate cross-border spillover effects of fiscal consolidation episodes on output, bilateral trade flows, interest rate, and the exchange rate, employing the new IMF action-based fiscal consolidation data. Results indicate a negative effect of foreign fiscal consolidation policies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315746
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Fiscal Transfers in the Spatial Economy
Henkel, Marcel - 2018
Many countries operate pronounced fiscal equalization schemes that shift tax revenue across jurisdictions. We use a general equilibrium model with multiple asymmetric regions, costly trade and labor mobility to carve out the aggregate implications of this policy. Calibrating the model for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916533
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Macroeconomic Effects of Government Spending Shocks : New Evidence Using Natural Disaster Relief in Korea
Yang, Weonho - 2012
GDP, private consumption, real wage and investment are all positive, which is in accord with the New Keynesian model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100013