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Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Currency Union
Gali, Jordi - 2005
We lay out a tractable model for fiscal and monetary policy analysis in a currency union, and analyze its implications for the optimal design of such policies. Monetary policy is conducted by a common central bank, which sets the interest rate for the union as a whole. Fiscal policy is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466856
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Aggregate Implications of Indivisible Labor, Incomplete Markets, and Labor Market Frictions
Krusell, Per - 2008
This paper analyzes a model that features frictions, an operative labor supply margin, and incomplete markets. We first provide analytic solutions to a benchmark model that includes indivisible labor and incomplete markets in the absence of trading frictions. We show that the steady state levels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464776
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Anchoring Fiscal Expectations
Leeper, Eric M. - 2009
In this lecture, I argue that there are remarkable parallels between how monetary and fiscal policies operate on the macro economy and that these parallels are sufficient to lead us to think about transforming fiscal policy and fiscal institutions as many countries have transformed monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463382
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A Model of Endogenous Fiscal Deficits and Delayed Fiscal Reforms
Velasco, Andres - 1997
This paper develops a political-economic model of fiscal policy one in which" government resources are a common property' out of which interest groups can finance" expenditures on their preferred items. This setup has striking macroeconomic implications. " First, fiscal deficits and debt...
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Generalizing the Taylor Principle
Davig, Troy - 2005
The paper generalizes the Taylor principle---the proposition that central banks can stabilize the macroeconomy by raising their interest rate instrument more than one-for-one in response to higher inflation---to an environment in which reaction coefficients in the monetary policy rule evolve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466797
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Liquidity and Governance
Back, Kerry - 2013
Is greater trading liquidity good or bad for corporate governance? We address this question both theoretically and … information concerns her own plans for taking an active role in governance. We show that an increase in the liquidity of the firm …'s stock increases the likelihood of the large investor 'taking the Wall Street walk.' Thus, higher liquidity is harmful for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458993
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The Effect of Liquidity on Governance
Edmans, Alex - 2011
This paper studies the effect of stock liquidity on blockholders' choice of governance mechanisms. We focus on hedge … measure governance intent rather than only studying instances of actual governance. We find that liquidity increases the … likelihood that a hedge fund acquires a block in a firm. Conditional upon acquiring a stake, liquidity reduces the likelihood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461091
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Expectations-driven liquidity traps : implications for monetary and fiscal policy
Nakata, Taisuke; Schmidt, Sebastian - 2019 - This draft: June 2019
give rise to persistent liquidity trap episodes. There is no straightforward recipe for enhancing welfare in this economy … less concerned with government spending stabilization than society eliminates expectations-driven liquidity traps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181947
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Tough Policies, Incredible Policies?
Velasco, Andres - 2003
We revisit the question of what determines the credibility of macroeconomic policies here, of promises to repay public debt. Almost all thinking on the issue has focused on governments' strategic decision to default (or erode the value of outstanding debt via inflation/devaluation). But...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468765
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Liquidity and Inefficient Investment
Hart, Oliver D. - 2013
We study the role of fiscal policy in a complete markets model where the only friction is the nonpledgeability of human capital. We show that the competitive equilibrium is constrained inefficient, leading to too little risky investment. We also show that fiscal policy following a large negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459478