Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18770 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1406
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper characterises rules-based fiscal policy setting. Basically, we translate a standard monetary policy rule into a simple fiscal policy rule. We then infer on fiscal policymakers' reaction coefficients by testing the rule with GMM. Interaction is also tested directly by the inclusion of monetary policy setting. Our results qualify existing evidence on systematic fiscal policy in two respects. First, fiscal policy usually stabilises public debt. And there is indeed substantial interaction between fiscal and monetary policy via the debt channel. Second, sustainability is achieved with a 'stop-go? cycle of consolidation. Consolidation does not come at the cost of less cyclical stabilisation unless debt ratios are high.
Subjects: 
monetary policy
fiscal policy
policy interaction and policy rules
debt sustainability
JEL: 
E63
E61
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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