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-neutral and provides a strong magnification mechanism for shocks to productivity. The empirical evidence of these predictions are …
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This paper explores primarily the level of international competitiveness of Greece and the degree of fit between the conditions prescribed by the optimal currency areas (OCA) theory with the actual situation in Greece. Given that Greece now shares the same currency with Germany, the de facto...
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Countries which share a common currency potentially have strong incentives to share macroeconomic risks through a system of transfers to compensate for the loss of national monetary policy. However, the option to leave the currency union and regain national monetary policy can place severe...
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power of income index and the Fisher Equation allows up to a 15% inflation target without the costs of inflation? It is a … most of the costs of inflation including the relative price distortion through the price tag (by disclosing the nominal … of inflation targeting that can combat the Global Financial Crisis. The impetus for its adoption across the developed …
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reveals that the best policy combination is a countercyclical fiscal stance and CPI inflation monetary targeting under a … flexible exchange rate regime to stabilize equally the domestic price inflation, aggregate output, and real exchange rate in a …
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This study incorporates international firm mobility into a new open economy macroeconomic model to analyze the question of how allowing for the international relocation of firms affects the impact of government spending shock on consumption and exchange rate. The study shows that the government...
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A number of emerging markets have experienced substantial real exchange rate appreciationin recent years, generating concerns about competitiveness and prompting policymakers torespond with a combination of mitigating policies. This paper shows that fiscal policy can play a role in alleviating...
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For a small open economy with fixed exchange rate regime, the twin deficit hypothesis is always an interesting and relevant research topic. The aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of the government budget shocks on the current account movement in the case of the Macedonian economy,...
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Halving the US current account deficit as a share of GDP is likely to impose a burden of $2,350 per capita on the United States, which explains why US policymakers want to postpone adjustment. The rest of the world relies on the economic stimulus of a widening US external deficit, which explains...
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In this paper, we argue that the effect of monetary and fiscal policies on the exchange rate depends on the fiscal regime. A contractionary monetary (expansionary fiscal) shock can lead to a depreciation, rather than an appreciation, of the domestic currency if debt is not backed by future...
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