, we study whether legislative tax changes affect the trade balance in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom …) indirect tax changes in Germany and the UK, (v) spillovers of US tax changes into Germany and the UK, and (vi) asymmetric … in the US and Germany react quite similarly: imports tend to rise; exports do not change much. Consequently and fostered …

We study the announcement effect of legislated tax changes on GDP in the US, Germany, and the UK. Using, as the shock … Germany. When allowing the responses to vary over the business cycle, we find evidence that US GDP drops regardless of the … rises (drops) during recessionary (non-recessionary) times. In general, consumption, investment, and employment follow in …

, we study whether legislative tax changes affect the trade balance in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom …) indirect tax changes in Germany and the UK, (v) spillovers of US tax changes into Germany and the UK, and (vi) asymmetric … in the US and Germany react quite similarly: imports tend to rise; exports do not change much. Consequently—and fostered …

This paper studies the short-run macroeconomic effects of legislated tax changes in Germany using a vector …