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Fiscal Transfers and Economic Convergence

Capella-Ramos, João; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina D.; … - 2021

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of … transfers in real and business cycle convergence at a regional level. The paper distinguishes between net fiscal transfers – a … provides evidence that net fiscal transfers have contributed to income redistribution across regions and to faster convergence …

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The reform and implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact

Morris, Richard; Ongena, Hedwig; Schuknecht, Ludger - 2006

Fiscal rules are instrumental for restraining deficit and spending biases in euro area Member States that could threaten the smooth functioning of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Ideally, fiscal rules should combine characteristics such as sufficient flexibility to allow for appropriate...

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Fiscal policy challenges in oil-exporting countries – a review of key issues

Sturm, Michael; Gurtner, François; Alegre, Juan Gonzalez - 2009

Fiscal policy choices have a particularly significant impact on economic performance in oil-exporting countries, owing to the importance of the oil sector in the economy and the fact that in most countries oil revenues accrue to the government. At the same time, fiscal policy in oil-centred...

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Debt sustainability analysis for euro area sovereigns: A methodological framework

Bouabdallah, Othman; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2017

The euro area sovereign debt crisis has highlighted the importance of reducing public debt levels and building up sufficient fiscal buffers during normal and good times. It has also reaffirmed the need for a thorough debt sustainability analysis (DSA) to act as a warning system for national...

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The macroeconomic and fiscal impact of population ageing

Bodnár, Katalin; Nerlich, Carolin - 2022

The euro area, like many other advanced economies, has entered an era of drastic demographic change. Without appropriate policy responses, population ageing in the euro area is posing formidable challenges for potential growth, monetary policy and public finances. This paper examines - from a...

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Public wage and pension indexation in the euro area: An overview

Checherita-Westphal, Cristina (contributor) - 2022

If the responses of wages - both private and public - and of pensions to an increase in inflation lead to second-round effects, this can make an inflationary shock more persistent, especially in the presence of automatic wage and pension indexation. This occasional paper presents an overview of...

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Challenges for monetary and fiscal policy interactions in the postpandemic era

Bonam, Dennis (contributor); Ciccarelli, Matteo (contributor) - 2024

In the low inflation and low interest rate environment that prevailed over the period 2013-2020, many argued that besides expansionary monetary policy, expansionary fiscal policy could also support central banks' efforts to bring inflation closer to target. During the pandemic, proper alignment...

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Fiscal expenditure spillovers in the euro area: An empirical and model-based assessment

Alloza, Mario; Ferdinandusse, Marien; Jacquinot, Pascal; … - 2020

The paper describes the main transmission channels of the spillovers of national fiscal policies to other countries within the euro area and investigates their magnitude using different models. In the context of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), fiscal spillovers are relevant for the accurate...

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Time-consistent control in non-linear models

Ambler, Steve (contributor); Pelgrin, Florian (contributor) - 2007

We show how to use optimal control theory to derive optimal time-consistent Markov-perfect government policies in nonlinear dynamic general equilibrium models, extending the result of Cohen and Michel (1988) for models with quadratic objective functions and linear dynamics. We replace private...

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On fiscal multipliers : estimates from a medium scale DSGE model

Zubairy, Sarah - 2010

This paper contributes to the debate on fiscal multipliers, in the context of a structural model. I estimate a micro-founded dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, that features a rich fiscal policy block and a transmission mechanism for government spending shocks, using Bayesian...

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