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Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Reduce Fiscal Policy Pro-Cyclicality? New Evidence Using a Non-Parametric Approach
Alsadiq, Ali; Gutiérrez, Diego Alejandro - 2023
The heightened volatility of commodity prices in recent years, reflecting the effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, begs the longstanding question of the optimal fiscal policy response to commodity price shocks. Fiscal performance in most commodity-exporting countries is typically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014353685
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States, banks, and the financing of the economy : monetary policy and regulatory perspectives
Balling, Morten (ed., introduction);  … - Colloquium "States, Banks and the Financing of the …; … - 2013
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium "States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy" at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711721
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The Wage Curve after the Great Recession
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex; Spurling, Jackson - 2022
Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States (and elsewhere) is tight because unemployment rates … are low and the Beveridge Curve (the vacancies-to-unemployment ratio) is high. They infer from this that there is … stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage formation in the USA and hasn t been since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078744
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Global policy at the zero lower bound in a large-scale DSGE model
Gomes, Sandra; Jacquinot, Pascal; Mestre, Ricardo - 2010
The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether fiscal policies can alleviate the effects of the zero lower bound (ZLB) on interest rates and if they should be coordinated internationally. The analysis is carried out using EAGLE, a DSGE model of the global economy. We consider that the fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688538
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International transmission of interest rates : the role of international reserves and sovereign debt
Afonso, António; Huart, Florence; Jalles, João Tovar; … - 2021
We analyse the international transmission of interest rates by focusing on the role of the accumulation of international reserves and on the financing of sovereign debt. An increase in foreign exchange reserves is expected to moderate the influence of U.S. interest rates. However, a high level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504452
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Central Banks and Climate Policy : Unpleasant Trade–Offs? A Principal–Agent Approach
Masciandaro, Donato; Russo, Riccardo - 2022
This paper focuses on the trade–offs that central banks would face if they were to start tackling climate change. Disruptive natural events can hamper growth and capital accumulation, thereby affecting price and financial stability – elements for which central banks are responsible. Yet, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013405241
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Financial Crisis and Public Policy
Gokhale, Jagadeesh - 2009
This Policy Analysis explains the antecedents of the current global financial crisis and critically examines the reasoning behind the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve's actions to prop up the financial sector. It argues that recovery from the financial crisis is likely to be slow with or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156705
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Euro Crisis : From the Sovereigns to the Banks and Back to the Sovereigns
Gurdgiev, Constantin - 2011
The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 crystallized the underlying imbalances that are currently acting to tear apart the Euro area monetary and fiscal systems by focusing markets and public attention on the core cause of the overall Euro crisis, the insolvency of the Euro area member-states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122727
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The collateral policy of central banks : an analysis focusing on the eurosystem
Weber, Christopher - 2016
This dissertation was written by Christopher Weber during his time as a research assistant at the Center for Economic Studies (CES) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich. It was handed in at the department of Economics at the LMU Munich in July 2016. The goal of the thesis is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011741966
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States, Banks and the Financing of the Economy: Monetary Policy and Regulatory Perspectives
Balling, Morten; Jackson, Patricia; Gnan, Ernest; … - 2013
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium “States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy” at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the papers in this publication discuss from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689959