Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303398 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
LEQS Paper No. 115
Publisher: 
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), European Institute, London
Abstract: 
In this paper a panel analysis is employed to investigate the effects of governments' expenditure and taxation on stock market indexes in 11 members of the Eurozone. A significant number of studies have focused on the effects of monetary policy on the Eurozone stock markets, while only a limited number of papers have investigated the effects of fiscal policy on the stock markets. Therefore, we know little, if anything, on the sign and the stability of the stock markets' reaction to taxation and public expenditure. Our results show that fiscal maneuvers influence stock markets and that, following an increase (decrease) in public deficit, stock markets indexes go down (up). Nevertheless, further analysis shows that the signs of the estimated stock markets' reactions are not constant over time and that they can change according to the surrounding macroeconomic scenario.
Subjects: 
Stock Market
Fiscal Policy
Eurozone
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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