In this article we use the concept of information sharing from oligopolistic games to analyse the multilateral surveillance of budget positions introduced with the Stability and Growth Pact. In a game between one monetary authority and various fiscal authorities, we will show that the...

This paper attempts to provide a framework to explain both the lower share of current spending in large fiscal adjustments and the potential expansionary effects of fiscal contractions. We distinguish between current spending and productivity enhancing public investments and analyze the...

This paper examines the rise of indeterminacy when public investment fiscal rules are implemented. The framework employed by our analysis is the standard endogenous growth model with productive public capital. The government can choose to invest in infrastructure according to two different...

This paper analyses the consequences of productive government spending on private consumption. In a related work, Linnemann and Schabert (2006) found that a moderate output elasticity of government expenditures is sufficient to generate a positive consumption response to a fiscal shock. It is...

This paper attempts to provide a framework to explain both the lower share of current spending in large fiscal adjustments and the potential expansionary effects of fiscal contractions. We distinguish between current spending and productivity enhancing public investments and analyze the...

Does the public believe that fiscal and monetary stimulus reduce unemployment? I present survey evidence on this question from a random sample of Pennsylvania residents. Few respondents express a consistently Keynesian view of fiscal or monetary stimulus. In fact, the typical respondent believes...

This paper provides some explanation of recent fiscal developments in European countries and offers several guidelines for a new European fiscal framework. We propose a framework based on three pillars: a quantitatively and qualitatively extended preventive arm, an improved dissuasive arm and a...

This paper sets up an endogenous growth model to examine the effects of an expansion of defense spending share on inflation, economic growth and welfare. It is found that: (i) an increase of defense spending share will lower the inflation rate and stimulate the economic growth. (ii) from the...

The share of indirect taxes in tax revenues, specifically consumption taxes, is quite high in Turkey when compared to other OECD economies. This emphasis on indirect taxes in Turkey, as well as other developing economies, is argued to emerge from the inability of the government to collect direct...

The Japanese government has amassed a huge amount of gross public debts over the past several decades. However, previous empirical works dealing with vector auto-regression (VAR) have not considered the effect of debt on fiscal policy and the macro economy. In this paper, we incorporate debt...