Optimal Fiscal Policy Rules in a Monetary Union.

This paper investigates the importance of fiscal policy in providing macroeconomic stabilisation in a monetary union. We use a microfounded New Keynesian model of a monetary union which incorporates persistence in inflation and non-Ricardian consumers, and derive optimal simple rules for fiscal auth...

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Main Authors: Kirsanova, T, Satchi, M, Vines, D, Wren-Lewis, S
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: CEPR 2006