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The political economy under monetary union: has the euro made a difference?
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2008
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has transformed Europe and has created an integrated pan-European economy. Much … political economy channel of EMU as the monetary union implies that member states had to transfer or at least curtail their … impact of political shocks on the domestic economy of member states but magnified the transmission of political shocks within …
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Where next for monetary policy? Lessons from the financial crisis and the pandemic
Minford, Patrick - 2023
Monetary developments of recent decades began with much promise with inflation targeting by independent central banks; the financial crisis of 2007 ushered in a period of great monetary instability. There are lessons for a return to more stability. Central banks need to stabilize money supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480560
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Stabilizing expectations under monetary and fiscal policy coordination
Eusepi, Stefano; Preston, Bruce - 2008
heavily indebted the economy, the greater is the likelihood of expectations-driven instability. More generally, regardless of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283550
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Finland and Its Northern Peers in the Great Recession
Suni, Paavo; Vihriälä, Vesa - 2016
exceptional negative shocks in combination with a too weak capacity of the economy to improve its cost competitiveness in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037669
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Power of many: Assessing the economic impact of the global fiscal stimulus
De Resende, Carlos; Lalonde, René; Snudden, Stephen - 2010
The Bank of Canada Global Economy Model (BoC-GEM) is used to examine the effect of various types of discretionary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289704
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Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand
Barker, Felicity C; Buckle, Robert A; Clair, Robert W St - 2008
Economic growth is one of the objectives of the current government. Fiscal policy, encompassing government expenditure and taxation decisions, can significantly impact on economic growth. This paper proposes a framework which views fiscal policy through three lenses and applies this approach to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115607
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Finanzpolitik in Deutschland: Herausforderungen und Lösungswege
Boss, Alfred - 2009
In many countries, fiscal policy became strongly expansionary in order to fight the recession. Structural budget deficits increased sharply and might remain high after the end of the recession. This would raise real interest rates and would impair economic growth. Some measures to reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265251
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The lessons from QE and other "unconventional" monetary policies: Evidence from the Bank of England
Lyonnet, Victor; Werner, Richard A. - 2011
indicates that QE as defined and announced in March 2009 had no apparent effect on the UK economy. Meanwhile, it is found that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308568
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Fiscal policy under imperfect competition with flexible prices: An overview and survey
Costa, Luís F.; Dixon, Huw David - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 5 (2011) 2011-3, pp. 1-57
This paper surveys the link between imperfect competition and the effects of fiscal policy on output, employment and welfare. We examine static and dynamic models, with and without entry under a variety of assumptions using a common analytical framework. We find that in general there is a robust...
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The macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy
Afonso, António; Sousa, Ricardo M. - 2009
We investigate the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy using a Bayesian Structural Vector Autoregression approach. We build on a recursive identification scheme, but we: (i) include the feedback from government debt (ii); look at the impact on the composition of output; (iii) assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605037