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Using two measures of the fiscal position, the cyclically adjusted primary budget balance (CAPB) and the total budget balance, we assess the Twin Deficit Hypothesis for the Euro Area in the period 1995-2020. Furthermore, we estimate time-varying coefficients of the current account balance...
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sustainability, through the cointegration between government revenues and expenditures, and of external sustainability, derived from …-step approach to assess the impact of fiscal and external sustainability on sovereign risk dynamics for a panel of 27 European … the exports-imports cointegration. We then resort to those time-varying coefficients to assess their impact on sovereign …
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In this paper we analyze the sustainability of public finances in the states (Laender) of the Federal Republic of … and 1991 to 2011 for East German Laender, respectively. In order to assess the fiscal sustainability of the (Laender) we …-run relation between expenditures and revenues in a cointegration analysis within each Land. The results provide evidence against …
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debt and its ratio to GDP. Second, exploiting unit root analysis and cointegration, we test for the sustainability of … budget constraint ; unit roots ; cointegration ; fiscal sustainability ; economic history …The recent fears of a sovereign debt crisis have spurred interest in the sustainability of public debt. There are two …
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analysis, we conduct formal tests on fiscal sustainability, including tests on stationarity and cointegration and the … debt crisis has prompted a fundamental re-evaluation of public debt sustainability and the looming threat of sovereign debt …'s peacetime debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio has never been higher. In this paper, we analyse the sustainability of …
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This paper provides new evidence on the sustainability of public finances in German states (Laender) by exploiting a … newly compiled database covering the years 1950 - 2011. Unlike previous studies on Germany, we analyze fiscal sustainability … by applying "gsecond generation" panel cointegration techniques. A unique identification strategy for the selection of …
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Applied work often studies the effect of a binary variable (“treatment”) using linear models with additive effects. I study the interpretation of the OLS estimands in such models when treatment effects are heterogeneous. I show that the treatment coefficient is a convex combination of two...
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This paper develops a unified framework for fixed and random effects estimation of higher-order spatial autoregressive panel data models with spatial autoregressive disturbances and heteroskedasticity of unknown form in the idiosyncratic error component. We derive the moment conditions and...
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A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end of third grade be retained and provided with remedial services. We exploit a discontinuity in the probability of third grade retention under Floridaś test-based promotion policy...
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