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ordering these consolidation strategies by multiplier size or their welfare consequences leads to very different rankings. With …
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generate optimal policies that resemble "austerity" measures. Optimal policy prescribes front-loaded fiscal consolidations and …
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This paper provides evidence that austerity shocks have long-run negative effects on GDP. Besides addressing the … reweighting in a local projections setup to account for the potential endogeneity of austerity policies and the non-linearity of … contractions larger than 3%. Evidence is also found linking austerity with smaller capital stock in the long-run. The results are …
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cut capital expenditures, rather than decreasing current expenditures or raising taxes. The estimated multiplier is not …
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In the aftermath of the global financial crisis and great recession, many countries face substantial deficits and growing debts. In the United States, federal government outlays as a ratio to GDP rose substantially from about 19.5 percent before the crisis to over 24 percent after the crisis. In...
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This paper assesses the effects of fiscal consolidations associated with public debt reduction on medium-term output growth during periods of private debt deleveraging. The analysis covers 107 countries and 79 episodes of public debt reduction driven by discretionary fiscal adjustments during...
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larger multiplier when it issues short term debt. We find that the latter effect dominates and that the optimal policy for …
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This note shows that the Italian Mini BOTs proposed in 2019 bore the potential neither to become Italian legal tender nor to practically increase Italian government debt, but to practically cause a mere reduction in taxation and thence in government spending or transfers. Since the Eurozone...
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denominated in foreign currency is, the lower the fiscal multiplier …
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