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Fiscal policies, the current account and Ricardian equivalence

Nickel, Christiane (contributor); … - 2008

This paper analyses the empirical relationship between fiscal policy and the current account of the balance of payments and considers how Ricardian equivalence changes this relationship. To do so, we estimate a dynamic panel threshold model for 22 industrialised countries in which the...

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The COVID-19 consumption game-changer : evidence from a large-scale multi-country survey

Hodbod, Alexander; Hommes, Cars H.; Huber, Stefanie J.; … - 2021

in consumption in five key sectors: tourism, hospitality, services, retail, and public transports. We identify a large …-term sectoral consumption shifts may occur. …

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Tracking growth in the euro area subject to a dimensionality problem

Comunale, Mariarosaria; Mongelli, Francesco Paolo - 2021

We investigate which variables have supported growth in the euro area over the last 30 years. This is a challenging task due to dimensionality problems: a large set of potential determinants, limited data, and the prospect that some variables could be non-stationary. We assemble a set of 35...

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Cyclical drivers of euro area consumption : what can we learn from durable goods?

Casalis, André; Krustev, Georgi - 2020

We study the cyclical dynamics of consumption in the euro area (EA) and the large EA countries by distinguishing … cross-country heterogeneity in how different factors (including durable-specific ones) explain consumption; (iii) the … strength of spillovers from durable to nondurable consumption, as predicted by theory, is empirically correlated with how much …

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Monetary and fiscal policy interactions in a New Keynesian model with capital accumulation and non-Ricardian consumers

Leith, Campbell B. (contributor); … - 2006

This paper develops a small New Keynesian model with capital accumulation and government debt dynamics. The paper discusses the design of simple monetary and fiscal policy rules consistent with determinate equilibrium dynamics in the absence of Ricardian equivalence. Under this assumption,...

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The asymmetric adjustment of global imbalances : myth or fact?

Dausà, Neus; Stracca, Livio - 2023

We revisit the so-called "secular international problem", whereby the adjustment of current account imbalances purportedly falls entirely on the shoulders of deficit countries. We introduce a stylised model to rationalise an asymmetric counter-cyclical policy reaction that is stronger for...

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Sudden stops and asset purchase programmes in the euro area

Fabiani, Josefina; Fidora, Michael; Setzer, Ralph; … - 2021

This paper analyses the incidence and severity of sudden stops in euro area countries before and after the introduction of the ECB's asset purchase programmes. We define sudden stops as abrupt declines in private net financial inflows, i.e. total flows adjusted for EU and IMF loans and changes...

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Leaning against the global financial cycle

Ferrero, Andrea; Habib, Maurizio Michael; Stracca, Livio; … - 2022

We study the role and the interaction of the quality of institutions and of counter-cyclical policies in leaning against the Global Financial Cycle (GFC) in Emerging Economies (EMEs). We show that heteroegeneity in institutional strength is a key determinant of the different effects of the GFC...

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Fiscal policy and growth : do financial crises make a difference?

Afonso, António; Grüner, Hans Peter; Kolerus, Christina - 2010

In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...

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Household spending and fiscal support during theCOVID-19 pandemic : insights from a new consumer survey

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Kenny, Geoff - 2022

This paper introduces the Consumer Expectations Survey (CES), a new online, high frequency panel survey of euro area consumers' expectations and behaviour. The paper also investigates whether public perceptions about fiscal support measures introduced during the pandemic have influenced spending...

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