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. Extending Morris and Shin (2006), we consider that the IMF's intervention policy usually exerts a signaling effect on private …'s signaling ability, our results state that repeated intervention is required to bail out a country, where by additional … assistance may induce moral hazard on the debtor side. Contrarily, if the IMF exerts a strong signaling effect, one single …
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Within the economic profession, it is a widely held view that the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht treaty are arbitrary numbers without economic foundation. Much of this criticism seems to overlook an important aspect - the strategic dimension of the criteria. This paper focuses on one...
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IMF programs are thought to function as a seal of approval to international markets, though evidence suggests Fund programs do not attract capital inflows. Existing studies fail to address the effects of selection into IMF programs, which raises questions about the robustness of the findings....
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A number of prominent economists and policymakers have argued that money-financed fiscal programs (helicopter drops) could be efficacious in boosting output and inflation in economies facing persistent economic weakness, very low inflation, and significant fiscal strains. We employ a...
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We provide explicit solutions for government spending multipliers during a liquidity trap and within a fixed exchange regime using standard closed and open-economy New Keynesian models. We confirm the potential for large multipliers during liquidity traps. For a currency union, we show that...
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This paper explains a currency crisis as an outcome of a switch in how monetary policy and fiscal policy are coordinated. The paper develops a model of an open economy in which monetary policy starts active, fiscal policy starts passive and, in a particular state of nature, monetary policy...
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This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by the single MNE. Under a multilateral agreement,...
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