After the Global Financial Crisis a controversial rush to fiscal austerity followed in many countries. Yet research on the effects of austerity on macroeconomic aggregates was and still is unsettled, mired by the difficulty of identifying multipliers from observational data. This paper...

This paper investigates the relation between growth forecast errors and planned fiscal consolidation during the crisis. We find that, in advanced economies, stronger planned fiscal consolidation has been associated with lower growth than expected, with the relation being particularly strong,...

After the Global Financial Crisis a controversial rush to fiscal austerity followed in many countries. Yet research on the effects of austerity on macroeconomic aggregates was and still is unsettled, mired by the difficulty of identifying multipliers from observational data. This paper...

After the Global Financial Crisis a controversial rush to fiscal austerity followed in many countries. Yet research on the effects of austerity on macroeconomic aggregates was and still is unsettled, mired by the difficulty of identifying multipliers from observational data. This paper...

When the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates binds, monetary policy cannot provide appropriate stimulus. We show that, in the standard New Keynesian model, tax policy can deliver such stimulus at no cost and in a time-consistent manner. There is no need to use inefficient policies such as...

The paper discusses the latest economic crisis and the public policies used to mitigate the recession and improve the economic growth. The current target rate (monetary policy) is closed to zero since December 2008 with a new experimental policy (“quantitative easing”) to stimulate...

Se encuentran aquellos temas concernientes, en su mayoría, a la actuación del Banco Central de Reserva (BCR) y su manejo del mercado monetario-financiero de la economía.

Resumen: este artículo muestra la evolución de la deuda pública colombiana enel período 1980-2008. Como en América Latina, la relación deuda-PIB en Colombia se redujo en los últimos cinco o seis años. Esta reducción, por lo menos, en el caso colombiano se explica más como resultado de...

En este trabajo se analiza la política fiscal en Colombia y la postura del gobierno frente a la crisis internacional (2008-2009). Utilizando una regla de política se concluye que la política fiscal discrecional ha sido procíclica, ha reducido su volatilidad en los últimos años y ha sido...

El gobierno de Carlos Lleras Restrepo se destaca en la historia de Colombia por haber introducido una reforma institucional de amplias proporciones que fortaleció las bases del Estado intervencionista. Este hecho, sumado a una concepción estructuralista sobre el manejo monetario y cambiario,...