Original sin and procylical fiscal policy : two sides of the same coin? / / Gustavo Adler

• Autore: Adler Gustavo <1974->
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (29 p.)
• Disciplina: 336.3015195
• Soggetto topico: Fiscal policy - Econometric models; Business cycles - Econometric models; Financial crises - Econometric models
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Model; 2.1 Households; 2.2 Firms; 2.3 Government; 2.4 Equilibrium Path; 3. The Ramsey Problem; 3.1 The Commitment Case; 3.2 No Commitment; 4. A Stationary Economy; 5. A Temporary Shock; 6. Concluding Remarks; Table; 1; Appendix; A; References
• Sommario/riassunto: The paper develops a simple model of sovereign debt where default both through direct repudiation and through inflation are possible and give rise to (endogenous) constraints on the currency composition and the level of public debt. This set up allows to show that procyclicality of fiscal policy in EMEs can arise as a by-product of the ""original sin"" and both can be explained by the presence of weak monetary institutions which cannot commit to price stability. The paper suggests that, as monetary institutions in EMEs strengthen, the ""original sin"" would fade away and the cyclical propertie
• Titolo autorizzato: Original sin and procylical fiscal policy
• ISBN: 1-4623-2653-6; 1-4527-5210-9; 1-4518-7067-1; 1-282-84160-2; 9786612841606
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463596803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers