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The role of fiscal policy in a monetary union : are national automatic stabilizers effective?
Colciago, Andrea; Muscatelli, V. Anton; Ropele, Tiziano; … - 2006
We assess the role of national fiscal policies, as automatic stabilizers, within a monetary union. We use a two-country New Keynesian DGE model which incorporates non-Ricardian consumers (as in Galì et al. 2004) and a home bias in the composition of national consumption bundles. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301196
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Monetary and fiscal policy design under EMU : a dynamic game approach
Aarle, Bas van; Engwerda, Jacob Christiaan; Plasmans, … - 2000
This paper analyzes the problem of designing macroeconomic stabilization policies within the European Monetary Union (EMU) as a dynamic game between a centralized monetary authority, the European Central Bank (ECB), and national fiscal policy makers. Non-cooperative feedback Nash equilibrium and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781533
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Monetary union, even higher integration, or back to national currencies?
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs; … - 2016
This paper quantifies the welfare differences among a monetary union, flexible exchange rates (economic disintegration) and a monetary plus fiscal transfer union (higher economic integration). The vehicle of analysis is a medium-scale New Keynesian DSGE model consisting of two heterogeneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430977
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Ordoliberalism, pragmatism and the Eurozone crisis : how the German tradition shaped economic policy in Europe
Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Nientiedt, Daniel - 2015 - This version: May 18, 2015
German policy during the Eurozone crisis supposedly follows an ordoliberal tradition. In this paper, we discuss to what … economic constitution for Europe in which several pillars supposedly aim at ensuring sound money in the Eurozone. The policies … the German government pushed during the Eurozone crisis have been informed by the ordoliberal tradition. In particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528303
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The macroeconomic policy challenges of balance sheet recession : lessons from Japan for the European crisis
Schnabl, Gunther - 2013
The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons for excessive booms, the characteristics of the crises, and the (potential) effects of the crisis therapies. As in Japan the consequence of expansionary monetary and fiscal policies is the hysteresis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743745
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Designing the policy mix in a monetary union
Kempf, Hubert - 2020
This paper studies the design of the policy mix in a monetary union, that is, the institutional arrangement specifying the relationships between the various policymakers present in the union and the extent of their capacity of action. It is assumed that policymakers do not cooperate. Detailing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219885
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Policy risk and the business cycle
Born, Benjamin; Pfeifer, Johannes - 2013 - This version: July 11, 2013, First Version: December 2010
The argument that policy risk, i.e., uncertainty about monetary and fiscal policy, has been holding back the economic recovery in the U.S. during the Great Recession has a large popular appeal. We analyze the role of policy risk in explaining business cycle fluctuations by using an estimated New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772961
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Can central banks do the unpleasant job that governments should do?
Dimakopoulou, Vasiliki; Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; … - 2023
We investigate what happens when the fiscal authorities do not react to rising public debt so that the unpleasant task of fiscal sustainability falls upon the Central Bank (CB). In particular, we explore whether the CB's bond purchases in the secondary market can restore stability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014331713
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Coherence of output gaps in the euro area : the impact of the Covid-19 shock
Haan, Jakob de; Jacobs, Jan; Zijm, Renske - 2022
Using the measures proposed by Mink et al. (2012), we reexamine the coherence of business cycles in the euro area using a long sample period. We also analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business cycle coherence and examine whether our measures for business cycle coherence indicate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168003
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Fiscal sustainability in the EU after the global crisis : is there any progress?
Wysocki, Maciej; Wójcik, Cezary - 2018
In response to the global crisis a number of new institutional measures have been introduced in the fiscal framework, both on the UE and on the member states’ level, and the question is: have these measures provided better fiscal sustainability outcomes? We approach this question by looking at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011900847