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Fiscal Policies in High Debt Euro-Area Countries

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Authors:
  1. Antonella Cavallo

    1. Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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  2. Pietro Dallari

    1. Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA

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  3. Antonio Ribba

    1. Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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  • Investigates the role of fiscal policies in a wide group of Euro-area economies, employing a unified methodological approach
  • Offers new insights into the role played by private, as well as public, debt in shaping the macroeconomic outcomes of fiscal policies in open economies
  • Estimates the effects of German fiscal shocks on aggregate output in the other Euro-area countries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Common Framework for National Fiscal Policies and the Euro Area Fiscal Union

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 11-49

  4. The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks: A Review of the Literature

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 51-84

  5. The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Shocks in High Debt Euro Area Countries

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 85-111

  6. A Further Look To Macroeconomic Outcomes of Fiscal Austerity in High Debt Countries

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 113-131

  7. Can (And Should) Germany Do It? Spillovers of German Fiscal Policies in the Euro Area

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 133-152

  8. The Labor Market Outcomes of Austerity. Evidence for Europe

    • Antonella Cavallo, Pietro Dallari, Antonio Ribba
    Pages 153-176

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 177-178
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About this book

This book explores the role of national fiscal policies in a selected group of Euro-area countries under the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In particular, the authors characterize the response of output to fiscal consolidations and expansions in the small Euro-area open economies affected by high public and private debt. It is shown that the macroeconomic outcome of fiscal shocks is strongly related to debt levels. The Euro-area countries included in the investigation are Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal, over the sample period 1999–2016, i.e., the EMU period. The main econometric tools used in this research are structural vector autoregressive (VAR) models, including panel VAR models. The available literature relating to the subject is also fully reviewed. A further closely investigated topic is the potential spillover effects of German fiscal policies on the selected small Euro-area economies. Moreover, in the perspective of the evolution of the Euro Area towards a full Monetary and Fiscal Union, the authors study the effects of area-wide government spending shocks on aggregate output and other macroeconomic variables during the EMU period. The closing chapter of the book considers evidence on the consequences of austerity policies for European labour markets during recent years.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Antonella Cavallo, Antonio Ribba

  • Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA

    Pietro Dallari

About the authors

Antonella Cavallo is a PhD Candidate in Labour, Development, and Innovation at the Marco Biagi Foundation of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and a member of the Research Center for Public Policy Analysis. She received her MA in Economics and Public Policy, summa cum laude, at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Her research interests include monetary economics and macroeconomics.

Pietro Dallari is an economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund, Washington (USA). His research interests include business cycles, fiscal policy, and finance. He holds a PhD in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain).

Antonio Ribba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics “Marco Biagi”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy). He received his PhD from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 1996. His research interests include applied macroeconomics, business cycle fluctuations, and monetary and fiscal policy.

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