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Fiscal and Monetary Policy During Downturns.

This paper analyzes how fiscal and monetary policy typically respond during downturns in G7 countries. It evaluates whether discretionary fiscal responses to downturns are timely and temporary, and compares the response of fiscal policy to that of monetary policy. The results suggest that while resp...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Stehn, Sven Jari
Autres auteurs: Leigh, Daniel
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Collection:IMF Working Papers.
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Table des matières:
  • I. Inroduction and Summary; II. Event-Study Analysis; A. Data and Methodology; B. Results; Tables; 1. How Often and Quickly did Fiscal Stimulus Arriva During Downturns?; III. Vector-Autoregression (VAR) Analysis; A. Methodology; 2. How Often and Quickly did Fiscal Stimulus Arrive During Upturns?; B. Baseline Results; Figures; 1. How Strongly do Fiscal and Monetary Policy Respond?; 2. How does the Response Vary Across Fiscal Instruments and G7 Members?; 3. How Robust is the Response to the Cyclical Indicator?; C. Asymmetry; 4. Is There a Bias Towards Easing in Downturn?
  • D. Policy in Real Time5. Errors in Identifying Negative Growth in the G7; 3. How Reliable are Preliminary Growth Estimates?; 6. Has Policy Erroneously Responded to Perceived Growth Shocks?; IV. Case Study: Have U.S. Tax Cuts Been Timely and Temporary?; V. Conclusion; 4. Legislated Tax Changes During Downturns; 5. Summary of Countercyclical Tax Changes; References.