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Sectoral Business Cycle Synchronization in the European Union

Afonso, António; Furceri, Davide - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2007

This paper analyses sectoral business cycle synchronization in an enlarged European Union using annual data for the … cycle synchronization. Overall, the sectors that provide the most relevant contribution are Industry, Building and … share, shows a relative low business cycle synchronization and volatility, implying that it contributes only marginally to …

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Average tax rate cyclicality in OECD countries: A test of three fiscal policy theories

Furceri, Davide; Karras, Georgios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper investigates the cyclical properties of the average effective tax rate in 26 OECD countries over 1965-2003 in order to test the validity of three theories of fiscal policy: (i) the standard Keynesian theory which recommends that tax policy should be counter-cyclical, (ii) the Tax...

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Sectoral Business Cycle Synchronization in the European Union

Afonso, António - 2007

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Sectoral Business Cycle Synchronization in the European Union

Afonso, António - 2009

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Average Tax Rate Cyclicality in OECD Countries: A Test of Three Fiscal Policy Theories

Furceri, Davide; Karras, Georgios - In: Southern Economic Journal 77 (2011) 4, pp. 958-972

This article investigates the cyclical properties of the average effective tax rate in 26 OECD countries over 1965–2003 to test the validity of three theories of fiscal policy: (i) the standard Keynesian theory, which recommends that tax policy should be countercyclical; (ii) the Tax Smoothing...

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Average tax rate cyclicality in OECD countries : a test of three fiscal policy theories

Furceri, Davide; Karras, Georgios - In: Southern economic journal 77 (2011) 4, pp. 958-972

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154806

The Effects of Fiscal Measures During COVID-19

Deb, Pragyan; Furceri, Davide; Ostry, Jonathan D.; … - 2022

This paper empirically examines the effects of fiscal policy measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a novel database of daily fiscal policy announcements—classified by type of fiscal measure—and high-frequency economic indicators for 52 countries from January 1 to December 31, 2020....

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Can fiscal decentralization alleviate government consumption volatility?

Furceri, Davide; Sacchi, Agnese; Salotti, Simone - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We analyse how fiscal decentralization affects the volatility of government consumption extending the existing literature that mainly deals with the effects of the former on government size. Using data for 97 developed and developing countries from 1971 to 2010, we find that a higher degree of...

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Government size, composition, volatility and economic growth

Afonso, António; Furceri, Davide - 2008

This paper analyses the effects in terms of size and volatility of government revenue and spending on growth in OECD and EU countries. The results of the paper suggest that both variables are detrimental to growth. In particular, looking more closely at the effect of each component of government...

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Government spending volatility and the size of nations

Furceri, Davide; Poplawski Ribeiro, Marcos - 2008

This paper provides empirical evidence showing that smaller countries tend to have more volatile government spending for a sample of 160 countries from 1960 to 2000. We argue that the larger size of a country decreases the volatility of government spending because it acts as an insurance against...

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