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This paper presents a model-based fiscal Taylor rule and a toolkit to assess the fiscal stance, defined as the change in the structural primary balance. This is built on the normative buffer-stock model of the government (Fournier, 2019) which includes key channels like hysteresis,...
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A key objective of fiscal policy is to maintain the sustainability of public finances and avoid crises. Remarkably, there is very limited analysis on fiscal crises. This paper presents a new database of fiscal crises covering different country groups, including low-income developing countries...
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This paper assesses Japan’s fiscal stance in the past and the future with a stochastic structural model called the Buffer-Stock Model of the Government. Our retrospective analysis suggests that the fiscal stance in the 1990s and the early 2000s was overall looser than the model...
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This paper examines monetary policy transmission in Armenia in light of the authorities' intention to shift to an …
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Using a structural vector auto-regression (SVAR) model, this paper examines the size, geographical sources, and transmission channels of global and regional shocks to the Armenian economy. Results show that Armenian economic activity is strongly influenced by global demand shocks and changes in...
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This paper presents an overview of the Ararat Fiscal Strategy Model (AFSM), which is a structural, New-Keynesian, DSGE, small open economy model with a rich fiscal block that includes several expenditure and revenue instruments, and types of debt. The AFSM is now a formal part of the Ministry of...
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Raising Armenia’s long-term growth prospects is critical to meet the pressing need for jobs, achieve higher living … standards, and arrest emigration. Armenia’s long-term growth prospects have weakened since the global COVID-19 crisis, while … the potential of the tradable sector by focusing on products with higher complexity to sustainably increase Armenia …
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In Armenia, both external and domestic financing face challenges. Armenia’s share of inward foreign direct investment … (FDI) in private external financing has declined significantly over the past decade. Access to domestic finance in Armenia … are reported among major challenges for increasing access to finance for firms in Armenia. This paper finds that to …
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This paper re-examines the stock-flow discrepancies of government debt and deficits and correlation with fiscal transparency. Applying the fully integrated relationship between financial stocks and flows allows for a more refined analysis of the deterministic components that make up the...
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We draw on a newly collected historical dataset of fiscal variables for a large panel of countries — to our knowledge, the most comprehensive database currently available — to gauge the degree of fiscal prudence or profligacy for each country over the past several decades. Specifically, our...
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