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The paper attempts to empirically explore the transmission mechanism regarding the short-term impact of public debt and growth. We examine and evaluate the direct effect of higher indebtedness on economic growth for countries in the EU which are in the epicentre of the current sovereign debt...
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Innerhalb von zehn Jahren hat sich die finanzpolitische Situation in Deutschland gravierend verbessert. Während 2005 das Budgetdefizit regelmäßig mehr als 3% betrug, werden nun strukturelle Überschüsse erwartet. Neben der außerordentlich günstigen Zinsentwicklung lässt sich ein...
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This study reviews Azerbaijan's fiscal policy implementation and discusses its changes before, during and after the oil boom. Specifically, the period prior to 2005 is considered pre-boom, 2005-2014 is considered the oil boom and the years after 2014 are considered the post oil boom period. It...
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How much fiscal space do Latin American countries have to increase their tax burdens in the long term? This paper provides an answer through Laffer curves estimates for taxes on labor, capital, and consumption for the six largest emerging economies of the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile,...
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This paper analyses the level of inequality in Spain and how it evolved over the course of the past crisis and the early stages of the current recovery. To this end, it first introduces the various dimensions of wage, income, consumption and wealth inequality, and studies how they have...
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Problem: Einerseits benötigen sie dringend ein stärkeres Wirtschaftswachstum, um die aufgebauten Schuldenberge abtragen und … Stimulierung ihrer Wirtschaft. Eine Möglichkeit, das Wirtschaftswachstum zu stärken, ohne die öffentlichen Haushalte zu belasten … Wirtschaftswachstum dort in der kurzen Frist zu stabilisieren. Daher dürfte dieses Instrument gerade für die Krisenländer der Eurozone von …
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This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of tax changes. Using annual data from 1870 to 2013 for a panel of seventeen OECD economies, the empirical findings show that changes in the tax rate have temporary effects on the real growth rate but permanent effects on the level of output. The...
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This paper studies the determinants of economic growth and the role of the public budget in European Union (EU) member states in Central and Eastern Europe, that joined the European Union in 2004, with a balanced data set from 1996 until 2012. A special focus is set on the relationship between...
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This paper surveys the link between imperfect competition and the effects of fiscal policy on output, employment and welfare. We examine static and dynamic models, with and without entry under a variety of assumptions using a common analytical framework. We find that in general there is a robust...
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This paper aims to assess the relationship among fiscal variables (government revenue and expenditure) in Sub-Saharan African countries. Using yearly data for the period between 1980 and 2011 in fifteen ECOWAS countries, a weak long-run relationship between government expenditure and revenue...
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