COVID-19 Fiscal Support and its Effectiveness

12 Pages Posted: 14 May 2021

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Alexander Chudik

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Kamiar Mohaddes

University of Cambridge - Judge Business School; University of Cambridge - King's College, Cambridge; Australian National University (ANU) - Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)

Mehdi Raissi

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

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Date Written: April, 2021

Abstract

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macroeconomic effects of countries’ discretionary fiscal actions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its fallout. Our results are threefold: (1) fiscal policy is playing a key role in mitigating the effects of the pandemic; (2) all else equal, countries that implemented larger fiscal support are expected to experience less output contractions; (3) emerging markets are also benefiting from the synchronized fiscal actions globally through the spillover channel and reduced financial market volatility.

JEL Classification: C32, E44, E62, F44

Suggested Citation

Chudik, Alexander and Mohaddes, Kamiar and Raissi, Mehdi, COVID-19 Fiscal Support and its Effectiveness (April, 2021). Globalization Institute Working Paper No. 408, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3843803 or http://dx.doi.org/10.24149/gwp408

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Mehdi Raissi

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department ( email )

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United States

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