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Titre Primary balance and debt projections based on estimated fiscal reaction functions for euro area countries
Auteur Martin Plödt, Claire Reicher
Mir@bel Revue Revue de l'OFCE (Observations et diagnostics économiques)
Numéro no 132, janvier 2014 Towards a better governance in the EU?
Rubrique / Thématique
Fiscal policy in the EU: some assessments
Page 111-134
Résumé anglais We project the path of the public debt and primary balances for a number of countries in the euro area under a fiscal rule based on a set of estimated fiscal policy reaction functions. Our fiscal rule represents a fiscal analogue to a well-known monetary policy rule, and it is calibrated using country-specific as well as euro area-wide parameter estimates. We then forecast the dynamics of the fiscal aggregates under different convergence, growth, and interest rate scenarios and investigate the implications of these scenarios in projecting the future path of fiscal aggregates. We argue that our forecasting methodology may be used to deliver insights into the medium-run effects of different fiscal policy rules and to provide some early warning of future fiscal pressures.
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