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This paper examines optimal policy in a macroeconomic model with collateral constraints. Binding collateral constraints yield inefficient competitive equilibrium allocations because they distort the optimal utilization of real resources. I identify the set of policy instruments that can be used...
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We investigate the impact of macroeconomic uncertainty on the stimulative effect of government spending. Using historical macroeconomic time series, we show that government spending multipliers are smaller in episodes characterized by high macroeconomic uncertainty. This state dependence is...
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Bei der Auslagerung staatlicher Tätigkeiten auf private Partner kommt es für den Bereich personalintensiver Dienstleistungen durch die anfallende deutsche Umsatzsteuer zu einer zusätzlichen Kostenbelastung, die die Hoheitsträger bisher oft von Outsourcing abhält. Für den Bereich der...
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In this paper, we use the estimated three-region DSGE model GEAR, which pictures Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of … Germany and the rest of EMU affected GDP growth and unemployment during the crisis. Not surprisingly, stimulus programmes … policy on domestic GDP growth was only small, however, amounting to a maximum of 1.6% for Germany and 0.8% for the rest of …
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We characterize optimal monetary policy in a New Keynesian search-and-matching model where multiple-worker firms satisfy demand in the short run by adjusting hours per worker. Imperfect product market competition and search frictions reduce steady state hours per worker below the efficient...
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Conventional wisdom states that the statutory split of payroll taxation between firms and workers is of no macroeconomic relevance, because the tax incidence is fully determined by the market structure. This paper breaks with this view by establishing a theoretical link between the statutory...
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This paper examines how supply-side policies may play a role in fighting a low aggregate demand that traps an economy at the zero lower bound (ZLB) of nominal interest rates. Future increases in productivity or reductions in mark-ups triggered by supply-side policies generate a wealth effect...
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