Fiscal Policies in Spain: Main Stylised Facts Revisited

49 Pages Posted: 13 May 2014

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Francisco de Castro

Banco de España

Francisco Marti

Banco de España

Antonio Montesinos

Banco de España

Javier J. Pérez

Banco de España - Research Department

Antonio Jesus Sanchez Fuentes

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM); Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) - Institute of International Studies (ICEI)

Date Written: May 13, 2014

Abstract

We provide key stylised facts on fiscal policy developments in Spain over the past three decades using quarterly data (1986Q1-2012Q2). First, we compute stylised facts on the cyclical properties of fiscal policies over that period. Next, we report updated evidence on the macroeconomic effects of non-systematic fiscal policies, including updated estimates of their macroeconomic impact (fiscal multipliers) for alternative datasets. To perform the analysis in the paper we built up a comprehensive database of seasonally adjusted quarterly fiscal variables for the period of interest.

Keywords: fiscal policies, stylised facts, fiscal multipliers, mixed-frequencies, time-series models

JEL Classification: E62; E65; H6; C3; C82

Suggested Citation

Castro, Francisco de and Marti, Francisco and Montesinos, Antonio and Perez, Javier J. and Sanchez Fuentes, Antonio Jesus, Fiscal Policies in Spain: Main Stylised Facts Revisited (May 13, 2014). Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1408, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2436315 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2436315

Francisco de Castro (Contact Author)

Banco de España ( email )

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Spain

Francisco Marti

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Antonio Montesinos

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Javier J. Perez

Banco de España - Research Department ( email )

Alcala 50
28014 Madrid
Spain

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Antonio Jesus Sanchez Fuentes

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) ( email )

Madrid, 28040
Spain

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) - Institute of International Studies (ICEI) ( email )

Collado Villalba, Madrid, 28400
United States

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