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Cyclically adjusted budget deficit (CAB) is a widely cited and used concept in the evaluation of fiscal situation. The key idea behind it is to separate temporary and/or non-discretionary effects on budget deficit from the underlying balance and/or effects of discretionary measures of fiscal...
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used methods: the aggregate approach and the unconstrained disaggregate approach. In this paper we apply them on USA, Japan …
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used methods: the aggregate approach and the unconstrained disaggregateapproach. In this paper we apply them on USA, Japan …
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The economic recession dampened tax revenues, causing deterioration – partly temporary, partly permanent – in the general government balance. The fiscal position can be assessed realistically if we can determine the level of revenue and deficit in the medium run. In order to do this, we...
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Modern Money Theory (MMT) economists have used Japan as an example of a country that demonstrates that high deficits … really spend tax revenue or borrow in their own currency-with Japan serving as an example of a country that does not face … financial budget constraints as normally defined. In this paper we evaluate whether Japan is the poster child of MMT and argue …
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This paper assesses Japan’s fiscal stance in the past and the future with a stochastic structural model called the …
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Using U.S. data for 1976-2013, this paper studies the effects of various macroeconomic variables, particularly the national debt, government budget deficits and taxes, on fertility decisions over the business cycle. A rise in the debt-GDP ratio, government spending-GDP ratio and the deficit-GDP...
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The budget dispute between Italy and the European Commission in 2018 gave new impetus for the debate about the reliability of output gap estimation methods and their use for calculating structural budget balances. In this paper we review the main properties of the mainstream approaches and...
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The budget dispute between Italy and the European Commission in 2018 gave new impetus for the debate about the reliability of output gap estimation methods and their use for calculating structural budget balances. In this paper we review the main properties of the mainstream approaches and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504787