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analysis is that the question "what is the fiscal policy multiplier" is an ill-posed one. There is no unconditional fiscal … policy multiplier. The effect of fiscal policy on output is different depending on the different debt dynamics, the different … and an average fiscal multiplier is of very little use to describe the effect of exogenous shifts in fiscal policy on …
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The literature on fiscal multipliers finds that spending-based fiscal consolidations tend to have more benign macro-economic consequences than revenue-based consolidations. By directly comparing ex-post data with consolidation plans, we present evidence of a systematically weaker follow-up of...
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We study empirically how various labor market institutions - (i) union density, (ii) unemployment benefit remuneration, and (iii) employment protection - shape fiscal multipliers and output volatility. Our theoretical model highlights that more stringent labor market institutions attenuate both...
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This article derives time-varying threshold multipliers for G7 countries and the euro area, above which consolidation will be self-defeating (that is, leading to an increase rather than a decrease in the debt-to-GDP ratio). Simulations suggest that these thresholds have declined since the...
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