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Keynesian, non-Keynesian or no effects of fiscal policy changes? : the EMU case
Aarle, Bas van - 2001
This paper studies the experiences with fiscal adjustments in the EuropeanUnion (EU) countries during the transition period to the Economic andMonetary Union (EMU). Using several approaches suggested in the literatureon fiscal adjustments and their macroeconomic effects and in the literatureon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400376
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Economic, political and institutional determinants of budget deficits in the European Union
Bayar, Ali H.; Smeets, Bram - 2009
Using an extended data set of EU countries ranging from 1971-2006 and relevant econometric methods, we investigate the economic, political, and institutional determinants of government deficits in the EU. The results show a strong opportunistic behaviour of policymakers which leads to political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831961
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Economic and political determinants of budget deficits in the European Union : a dynamic random coefficient approach
Bayar, Ali H.; Smeets, Bram - 2009
This paper formulates a dynamic Random Coefficient Model (RCM) to consider a set of popular determinants of public deficits in the EU-15 over the period 1971-2006, both at a country-specific level and from a population-wide perspective. Although the extent of government deficits and debt has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808131
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Catching up : the role of demand, supply and regulated price effects on the real exchange rates of four accession countries
MacDonald, Ronald; Wójcik, Cezary - 2003
The main aim of this paper is to examine the exchange rate behavior of a group of four transitional, EU accession countries, with a view to making policy recommendations regarding their accession to full European Monetary Union. We employ a dynamic OLS panel estimator to investigate the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506491
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Does it pay to fulfill the Maastricht convergence criteria? : reflections on the public debt and growth nexus for selected European economies
Bökemeier, Bettina; Clemens, Christiane - 2016
the public budget and participation in the Euro-zone. The analysis is based on data of European economies with a special … focus on twelve Euro-zone members and a control group of six non-Euro countries for the years from 1970 to 2014. The results … European economies outside the Euro-zone shows higher growth values for Euro-members than for the control group. Regression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557773
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Entry and exit dynamics of 'Excessive Deficits' in the European Union
Bayar, Ali H. - 1999
The extent of government deficits and debt has been one of the most debated issues in recent years. However, very little has been contributed about their dynamics . Yet, the issue of entering into and exiting from excessive deficits will be critical in the European monetary union since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781711
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Trust in government and fiscal adjustments
Bursian, Dirk; Weichenrieder, Alfons J.; Zimmer, Jochen - 2013
The paper looks at the determinants of fiscal adjustments as reflected in the primary surplus of countries. Our conjecture is that governments will usually find it more attractive to pursue fiscal adjustments in a situation of relatively high growth, but based on a simple stylized model of...
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Euro-area fiscal stance : from theory to practical implementation
Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès - 2016
Despite large automatic stabilizers, the performance of the Euro area as a whole in terms of fiscal stabilization is relatively poor. This report argues that a meaningful fiscal stance for the Euro area should rely on the current account as a complement to the output gap, and be coordinated only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521835
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Public finances solvency in the Euro Area : true or false?
Afonso, António; Coelho, José Carlos - 2022
We assess public finances solvency for Euro Area countries using quarterly data between 1999Q1 and 2020Q4. Through a country-by-country analysis, the answer to the title question is true. For most countries, (i) the primary budget balance reacts positively to the lagged public debt ratio and...
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Reconciling insurance with market discipline : a blueprint for a European fiscal union
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2016
This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. We argue that a viable European fiscal union can be constructed without joint liability for public debt or a centralized government with a large common budget. Such a fiscal union should combine elements of market discipline...
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