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Revenue elasticities in euro area countries : an analysis of long-run and short-run dynamics
Koester, Gerrit; Priesmeier, Christoph - 2017
Revenue elasticities play a key role in forecasting, monitoring and analysing public finances under the European fiscal framework, which largely builds on cyclically adjusted indicators. This paper investigates whether there is evidence for dynamic - instead of the currently used static -...
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The quality of public finances
Thöne, Michael - 2022
The concept of the "quality of public finances" (QPF) covers many qualitative and structural issues of fiscal policy. This chapter traces the origins of the concept of QPF to the Lisbon Strategy and the subsequent EPC Working Group on "Quality of Public Finances" (2004‐2007). At its core, the...
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Analysis of non-tax revenue : evidence from the European Union
Yurdadog, Volkan; Coskun Karadag, Neslihan; Albayrak, Murat - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 60, pp. 485-506
The challenges states face in reducing government expenditures under certain budget constraints are putting pressure on states to increase their revenues. Given that taxation also has a limit, the importance of non-tax revenues (NTR) in financing growing government expenditures increases day by...
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Revenue- versus spending-based consolidation plans : the role of follow-up
Beetsma, Roel; Furtuna, Oana; Giuliodori, Massimo - 2018
The literature on fiscal multipliers finds that spending-based fiscal consolidations tend to have more benign macro-economic consequences than revenue-based consolidations. By directly comparing ex-post data with consolidation plans, we present evidence of a systematically weaker follow-up of...
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Revenue versus Spending-Based Consolidation Plans : The Role of Follow-Up
Beetsma, Roel M. W. J.; Furtuna, Oana; Giuliodori, Massimo - 2021
The literature on fiscal multipliers finds that spending-based fiscal consolidations tend to have more benign macro-economic consequences than revenue-based consolidations. By directly comparing expost data with consolidation plans, we present evidence of a systematically weaker follow-up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315403
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On the composition of public spending and taxes
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Park, Hyun; Philippopulos, … - 2015
This paper studies the implications of changes in the fiscal (spending-tax) policy mix when all categories of spending and taxes are according to their functional breakdown. In so doing, we build a general equilibrium OLG model which naturally incorporates the main functional categories of...
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Wagner's hypothesis in Europe : a causality analysis with disaggregated data
Trofimov, Ivan D. - In: European journal of government and economics : EJGE 12 (2023) 1, pp. 5-38
root and Westerlund (2007) cointegration tests that account for cross-sectional dependence in the series, and three panel …' integration, heterogeneous balanced panels and cases of limited evidence of cointegration. The empirical results suggested that … expenditure and output variables were non-stationary in levels and stationary in the first differences; the cointegration among …
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Are Expenditure Cuts the Only Effective Way to Achieve Successful Fiscal Adjustment
Wiese, Rasmus - 2017
We re-examine the conventional view that to be successful, fiscal adjustments should rely on spending cuts and not on tax increases. We apply the Bai-Perron structural break filter instead of ad hoc rules to identify fiscal adjustments and their successfulness in 20 OECD countries. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971356
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Error correction model for analysis of influence of fiscal policy on economic growth in EU
Voda, Alina Daniela; Dobrotă, Gabriela; Dobrotă, Dan; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 23 (2022) 3, pp. 586-605
Ensuring fiscal sustainability in the Member States of the European Union has become an extremely important goal in the current economic context. The formulation of appropriate policies can lead to fiscal consolidation, and the manifestation of a fiscal shock with direct implications on national...
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The EU budgetary package 2021 to 2027 almost finalised : an assessment
Reininger, Thomas - 2021
This policy note presents an assessment of the EU budgetary package for 2021-2027, including the European Union Recovery Instrument 'Next Generation EU' (EURI-NGEU), with an introduction to the EU decision-making process and the state of play of the relevant legislation as well as an annexed...
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