On the Predictability of Narrative Fiscal Adjustments

14 Pages Posted: 22 Jun 2015

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Pablo Hernández de Cos

Banco de España

Enrique Moral-Benito

Banco de España; Charles III University of Madrid

Date Written: June 22, 2015

Abstract

In an influential paper, Devries et al. (2011) construct narrative series of tax- and spending-based fiscal adjustments for a panel of OECD countries. In this paper, we find that the adjustments based on spending cuts can be predicted on the basis of past output growth and other macroeconomic variables. Moreover, we illustrate that this source of endogeneity may generate significant differences in the estimated multipliers.

Keywords: fiscal adjustment, fiscal multiplier

JEL Classification: H60, E62

Suggested Citation

Hernández de Cos, Pablo and Moral-Benito, Enrique, On the Predictability of Narrative Fiscal Adjustments (June 22, 2015). Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1516, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2621443 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2621443

Pablo Hernández de Cos (Contact Author)

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Enrique Moral-Benito

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Charles III University of Madrid ( email )

CL. de Madrid 126
Madrid, Madrid 28903
Spain

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