This paper assesses to what extent some components of government budgets affected by the macroeconomic situation operate to smooth the business cycle in individual OECD countries. It is shown that these automatic fiscal stabilisers have generally reduced cyclical volatility in the 1990s. However, in some countries the need to undertake fiscal consolidation in order to improve public finances has forced governments to take discretionary actions that have reduced, or even offset, the effect of automatic fiscal stabilisers. This paper also shows that, by preventing sharp economic fluctuations, fiscal stabilisers may raise long-term economic performance and avoid frequent changes in spending or tax rates. However, they should be employed symmet...
Automatic stabilisers refer to items on government budgets that operate in ways that smooth the econ...
This paper analyses two factors which may cause cyclically-adjusted budget balances to give a mislea...
Fiscal federalism and european stabilization The future European Union shed light on fiscal policie...
smooth the business cycle… Many components of government budgets are affected by the macroeconomic s...
The article assesses to what extent various components of government budgets affected by the macroe...
The paper revisits the empirical link between fiscal policy and macroeconomic stability. Our basic p...
Although there are numerous studies in the literature that look at the theoretical effects of automa...
A pro-cyclical keynesian fiscal policy neutralizing the impact of automatic stabilizers: the case of...
This paper uses the MESANGE model to estimate the strength of automatic stabilizers. Following a dem...
The paper contributes to the debate on the stability/efficiency tradeoff of automatic stabilizers. A...
The global financial and economic crisis has revived the debate in the academic literature and in po...
This paper describes recent trends on the efficiency of stabilisers in the European Union. Using bot...
International audienceThe smoothing impact of fiscal stabilizers (proxied by government expenditures...
We study the relationship between discretionary fiscal policy and macroeconomic stability in 21 OECD...
Automatic stabilisers refer to items on government budgets that operate in ways that smooth the econ...
This paper analyses two factors which may cause cyclically-adjusted budget balances to give a mislea...
Fiscal federalism and european stabilization The future European Union shed light on fiscal policie...
smooth the business cycle… Many components of government budgets are affected by the macroeconomic s...
The article assesses to what extent various components of government budgets affected by the macroe...
The paper revisits the empirical link between fiscal policy and macroeconomic stability. Our basic p...
Although there are numerous studies in the literature that look at the theoretical effects of automa...
A pro-cyclical keynesian fiscal policy neutralizing the impact of automatic stabilizers: the case of...
This paper uses the MESANGE model to estimate the strength of automatic stabilizers. Following a dem...
The paper contributes to the debate on the stability/efficiency tradeoff of automatic stabilizers. A...
The global financial and economic crisis has revived the debate in the academic literature and in po...
This paper describes recent trends on the efficiency of stabilisers in the European Union. Using bot...
International audienceThe smoothing impact of fiscal stabilizers (proxied by government expenditures...
We study the relationship between discretionary fiscal policy and macroeconomic stability in 21 OECD...
Automatic stabilisers refer to items on government budgets that operate in ways that smooth the econ...
This paper analyses two factors which may cause cyclically-adjusted budget balances to give a mislea...
Fiscal federalism and european stabilization The future European Union shed light on fiscal policie...