This paper studies a model of equilibrium unemployment in which the ecacy of scal policy increases markedly in times of crises. A sudden rise in pessimism leads households to save rather than to spend, causing a fall in output and rising unemployment But as a persistent rise in unemployment...

resumen El estudio realizado desde el semillero de investigación de tributaria SITUQ logra desarrollar el trabajo de investigación "Análisis comparativo de impuestos de carácter nacional del Derecho Tributario de Colombia y el Derecho Tributario de España", en el cual se comprenden los...

In this paper we propose a new methodology to improve the estimation of structural budget balances in Slovakia. Major innovations compared to currently used methods are in using more robust output gap estimates, inclusion of pensions in the analysis, imposing consistency between various gap...

This document analyzes the macroeconomic effects of a boom in a small-open economy’s natural-resource sector. We study the effects of this shock on the most important macroeconomic variables, the resource reallocation across sectors and on welfare under alternative fiscal rules. We employ a...

Using a representative survey of the German population, this paper studies individual consumption responses to a recent payroll tax reduction. Our results show that 55% of the respondents spend the extra money, indicating considerable potential for tax changes to affect consumption and economic...

The evidence on the practice and effects of discretionary fiscal policy, particularly in the context of recent efforts to stimulate the economy, is reviewed where two main conclusions are drawn. First, policy interventions have increased in this decade pre-dating the 2009 stimulus. Second,...

In a standard linear structural VAR framework we analyse the size and sign of fiscal multipliers in the euro area, using a newly available quarterly dataset of fiscal variables for the period 1981-2007. From a policy perspective, the analysis of fiscal multipliers in "average times" provides...

This article explores whether fiscal policy has still a role to play in the current economies, focusing on its stabilizing role. First of all, the main effects of fiscal policy on economic activity are examined according to the traditional views, presenting next some criticism to this approach....

We analyse the impact of government spending shocks on the real effective exchange rate and net exports in the Euro Area within a standard structural VAR framework. We employ a new database that contains quarterly fiscal variables for the Euro Area as a whole. We show that higher government...

In this paper we reflect on the role that fiscal policy could play in the resolution of the crisis in Eurozone countries crippled by both public and private debt, and beset by growth and competitiveness problems. As an illustration, we revisit the Spanish case, a paradigmatic example of the...