LEADER 03383nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910464241803321 005 20210629163042.0 010 $a1-4623-1542-9 010 $a1-4527-0668-9 010 $a1-4518-7198-8 010 $a9786612842726 010 $a1-282-84272-2 035 $a(CKB)3170000000055224 035 $a(EBL)1608224 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000940818 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11586355 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000940818 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10956081 035 $a(PQKB)10355850 035 $a(OCoLC)650287747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1608224 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000055224 100 $a20090811d2009 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFiscal and monetary policy during downturns$b[electronic resource] $eevidence from the G7 /$fprepared by Daniel Leigh and Sven Jari Stehn 210 $a[Washington, D.C.] $cInternational Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (23 p.) 225 1 $aIMF working paper ;$vWP/09/50 300 $a"March 2009." 311 $a1-4519-1633-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; I. Introduction 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? 327 $aD. 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 330 $aThis paper analyzes how fiscal and monetary policy typically respond during downturns in G7 countries. It evaluates whether discretionary fiscal responses to downturns are timely and temporary, and compares the response of fiscal policy to that of monetary policy. The results suggest that while responding more weakly and less quickly than monetary policy, discretionary fiscal policy is more timely than conventional wisdom would suggest, particularly in "Anglo-Saxon" countries, but the response differs substantially across fiscal instruments. Both fiscal and monetary policy are found to be subj 410 0$aIMF working paper ;$vWP/09/50. 606 $aFiscal policy 606 $aMonetary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFiscal policy. 615 0$aMonetary policy. 700 $aLeigh$b Daniel$0867941 701 $aStehn$b Sven Jari$0901877 712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund.$bFiscal Affairs Dept. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464241803321 996 $aFiscal and monetary policy during downturns$92089904 997 $aUNINA