Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy

One of the most popular pieces of wisdom in economic policy is the idea that fiscal policy is more effective in a fixed exchange rate regime or a currency union than in a flexible exchange rate regime. In this paper we revisit the theoretical foundations of the conventional wisdom on the relative ef...

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Autores principales: Corsetti, Giancarlo, Kuester, Keith, Müller, Gernot J.
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Publicado: Banco Central de Chile 2019
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spelling oai-20.500.12580-37882021-04-24T11:06:31Z Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy Corsetti, Giancarlo Kuester, Keith Müller, Gernot J. POLÍTICA FISCAL POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA TIPO DE CAMBIO ECONOMÍA KEYNESIANA One of the most popular pieces of wisdom in economic policy is the idea that fiscal policy is more effective in a fixed exchange rate regime or a currency union than in a flexible exchange rate regime. In this paper we revisit the theoretical foundations of the conventional wisdom on the relative effectiveness of fiscal policy under alternative exchange rate regimes using a standard New Keynesian model of a small open economy. We do so by focusing our analysis on the inherent link between the macroeconomic effects of a short-run stimulus and private expectations about medium-run monetary and fiscal policy developments. We do not however deviate from the assumption of perfect credibility of the peg and we do not consider the case of prospective deficit monetization discussed in an important contribution by Dornbusch (1980). 2019-11-01T00:05:47Z 2019-11-01T00:05:47Z 2013 Artículo 978-956-7421-37-4 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12580/3788 eng Series on Central Banking Analysis and Economic Policies no. 17 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ .pdf Sección o Parte de un Documento p. 235-281 application/pdf Banco Central de Chile
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language eng
topic POLÍTICA FISCAL
POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA
TIPO DE CAMBIO
ECONOMÍA KEYNESIANA
spellingShingle POLÍTICA FISCAL
POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA
TIPO DE CAMBIO
ECONOMÍA KEYNESIANA
Corsetti, Giancarlo
Kuester, Keith
Müller, Gernot J.
Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy
description One of the most popular pieces of wisdom in economic policy is the idea that fiscal policy is more effective in a fixed exchange rate regime or a currency union than in a flexible exchange rate regime. In this paper we revisit the theoretical foundations of the conventional wisdom on the relative effectiveness of fiscal policy under alternative exchange rate regimes using a standard New Keynesian model of a small open economy. We do so by focusing our analysis on the inherent link between the macroeconomic effects of a short-run stimulus and private expectations about medium-run monetary and fiscal policy developments. We do not however deviate from the assumption of perfect credibility of the peg and we do not consider the case of prospective deficit monetization discussed in an important contribution by Dornbusch (1980).
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author Corsetti, Giancarlo
Kuester, Keith
Müller, Gernot J.
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Kuester, Keith
Müller, Gernot J.
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title Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy
title_short Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy
title_full Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy
title_fullStr Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy
title_full_unstemmed Floats pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy
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