Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152590 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 156
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
In this paper, we present a model-based method for identifying fiscal closure rules in stochastic macroeconomic models. The methodology is based on the stability analysis of the model at hand, with an endogenous derivation of a reaction on the part of the fiscal authority to state variables in the model. The rule achieves the dual aim of imposing solvency on the fiscal sector and generating a state-contingent dynamic adjustment in a framework consistent with the properties of the model. Up to now, fiscal rules in leading large-scale macroeconomic forecasting models have been imposed exogenously, and in this sense are not necessarily compatible with the formulation of other sectors of these models. An example of the derivation procedure, including some illustrative results, is provided using a small calibrated macro model.
Subjects: 
C62
Closure rules
E6
Fiscal Policy
JEL classification C5
macroeconomic models
Stability analysis
JEL: 
C5
E6
C62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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