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The Fiscal Stance in Japan : A Model-Based Analysis

Fournier, Jean-Marc; Hisanaga, Takuma; Nguyen, Anh D.M - 2022

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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A Model-Based Fiscal Taylor Rule and a Toolkit to Assess the Fiscal Stance

Fournier, Jean-Marc - 2020

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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Fiscal Crises

Gerling, Kerstin - 2017

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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The Ararat Fiscal Strategy Model : A Structural Framework for Fiscal Policy Analysis in Armenia

Babajanyan, Victoria; Baksa, Daniel; Fukac, Martin; … - 2022

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 Export Potential

Akepanidtaworn, Klakow; Karapetyan, Lili; Reyes, Nathalie; … - 2022

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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Spillovers from Global and Regional Shocks to Armenia

Ayvazyan, Knarik - 2016

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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Transmission Mechanisms of Monetary Policy in Armenia : Evidence from VAR Analysis

Dabla-Norris, Era - 2007

This paper examines monetary policy transmission in Armenia in light of the authorities' intention to shift to an …

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Supporting Sustainable Financing and Access to Finance in Armenia

Atamanchuk, Maria; Tokuoka, Kiichi - 2023

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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The Fiscal Costs of Contingent Liabilities : A New Dataset

Bova, Elva - 2016

We construct the first comprehensive dataset of contingent liability realizations in advanced and emerging markets for the period 1990-2014. We find that contingent liability realizations are a major source of fiscal distress. The average fiscal cost of a contingent liability realization is 6...

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Vertical Fiscal Imbalances and the Accumulation of Government Debt

Aldasoro, Iñaki - 2015

Delegating fiscal decision making power to sub-national governments has been an area of interest for both academics and policymakers given the expectation that it may lead to better and more efficient provision of public goods and services. Decentralization has, however, often occurred on the...

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