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The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Budget Balances and Implications for Fiscal Policy
Lis, Eliza M. - 2009
This paper explores implications of climate change for fiscal policy by assessing the impact of large scale extreme weather events on changes in public budgets. We apply alternative measures for large scale extreme weather events and conclude that the budgetary impact of such events ranges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159926
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Fiscal Sustainability and Policy Implications for the Euro Area
Balassone, Fabrizio - 2009
In this paper we examine the sustainability of euro area public finances against the backdrop of population ageing. We … alternative indicators to quantify sustainability gaps for euro area countries. With respect to the policy implications, we assess … the appropriateness of different budgetary strategies to restore fiscal sustainability taking into account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765709
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3-Step Analysis of Public Finances Sustainability : The Case of the European Union
Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2021
We use a 3-step analysis to assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU27. Firstly, we perform the SURADF … sustainability is an issue in most countries, with a below unit estimated coefficient of expenditure in the cointegration relation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316526
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Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance in the Euro Area Countries : A Model-Based Assessment
Gomes, Sandra - 2011
We quantitatively assess the macroeconomic effects of country-specific supply-side reforms in the euro area by simulating EAGLE, a multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model. We consider reforms in the labor and services markets of Germany (or, alternatively, Portugal) and the rest of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127922
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Have Euro Area and EU Economic Governance Worked? Just the Facts
Ioannou, Demosthenes - 2011
We test whether two key elements of the EU and Euro Area economic governance framework, the Stability and Growth Pact and the Lisbon Strategy, have had any impact on macroeconomic outcomes. We test this proposition using a difference-in-difference approach on a panel of over 30 countries, some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124977
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The Interplay of Economic Reforms and Monetary Policy : The Case of the Euro Area
Drudi, Francesco - 2012
guarantee the sustainability of the monetary union of the euro area. In this respect, it is argued that the recent institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101191
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Economic Policy Uncertainty in the Euro Area : An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach
Azqueta-Gavaldon, Andres - 2020
We model economic policy uncertainty (EPU) in the four largest euro area countries by applying machine learning techniques to news articles. The unsupervised machine learning algorithm used makes it possible to retrieve the individual components of overall EPU endogenously for a wide range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844456
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The Euro Plus Pact : Cost Competitiveness and External Capital Flows in the EU Countries
Gabrisch, Hubert - 2014
The Euro Plus Pact was approved by 23 EU countries in March 2011 and came into force shortly afterwards. The Pact stipulates a range of quantitative targets meant to strengthen cost competitiveness with the aim of preventing the accumulation of external financial imbalances. This paper uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058551
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Towards expenditure rules and fiscal sanity in the euro area
Hauptmeier, Sebastian; Sanchez Fuentes, Jesus; … - 2010
The study looks at primary expenditure developments in the euro area, its three largest members and four “macro-imbalances” countries for the period 1999-2009. It compares actual expenditure trends with those that would have prevailed if countries had followed neutral policies based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605312
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Towards Expenditure Rules and Fiscal Sanity in the Euro Area
Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2010
The study looks at primary expenditure developments in the euro area, its three largest members and four “macro-imbalances” countries for the period 1999-2009. It compares actual expenditure trends with those that would have prevailed if countries had followed neutral policies based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136395