Title Fiscal adjustments: lessons from and for the Baltic states /
Authors Klyvienė, Violeta ; Jakaitienė, Audronė
DOI 10.1080/1406099X.2021.2020985
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Is Part of Baltic journal of economics.. Abingdon : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2022, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 1-27.. ISSN 1406-099X. eISSN 2334-4385
Keywords [eng] fiscal shocks ; fiscal multipliers ; fiscal policy ; the Baltic states ; investment ; economic recession
Abstract [eng] This paper aims to investigate the effects of various fiscal policy measures for small and open economies by analysing the implications of fiscal shocks in the Baltic countries based on data for the period from 1995 to 2018. For this purpose, we have chosen structural VAR estimation methods following Blanchard, O., & Perotti, R. (2002). An Empirical Characterization of the Dynamic Effects of Changes in Government Spending and Taxes on Output. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), 1329–1368, approach and relied on local projections for robustness checks. We find that the impact on growth of direct taxes, government consumption and public investment is strong and persistent in the analysed cases. Although the responses of FDI to fiscal shocks are less consistent as compared to output, in most cases, we get strong and persistent negative reactions in FDI to increasing tax burden.
Published Abingdon : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2022
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