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Fiscal policy, government size and EMU business cycle synchronization

Fiscal policy, government size and EMU business cycle synchronization
Fiscal policy, government size and EMU business cycle synchronization

We provide new evidence on the effects of fiscal policy and government size on pairwise business cycle synchronization in EMU. A novel time-varying framework is employed to estimate business cycle synchronization and subsequently a panel approach is used to establish the role of fiscal variables in determining the pairwise synchronization observations across time. The findings suggest similarities in the size of the public sector, yet divergence in fiscal policy stance, matter for the determination of business cycle synchronization. Hence, increased fiscal federalism in EMU will contribute to increased business cycle synchronization. Our results remain robust to different specifications and sub-periods.

business cycle synchronization, EU business cycles, fiscal policy, time-varying correlation
0036-9292
201-222
Bunyan, Sabrina
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Duffy, David
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Filis, George
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Tingbani, Ishmael
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Bunyan, Sabrina
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Duffy, David
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Filis, George
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Tingbani, Ishmael
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Bunyan, Sabrina, Duffy, David, Filis, George and Tingbani, Ishmael (2020) Fiscal policy, government size and EMU business cycle synchronization. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 67 (2), 201-222. (doi:10.1111/sjpe.12233).

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We provide new evidence on the effects of fiscal policy and government size on pairwise business cycle synchronization in EMU. A novel time-varying framework is employed to estimate business cycle synchronization and subsequently a panel approach is used to establish the role of fiscal variables in determining the pairwise synchronization observations across time. The findings suggest similarities in the size of the public sector, yet divergence in fiscal policy stance, matter for the determination of business cycle synchronization. Hence, increased fiscal federalism in EMU will contribute to increased business cycle synchronization. Our results remain robust to different specifications and sub-periods.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 September 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 November 2019
Published date: 1 May 2020
Keywords: business cycle synchronization, EU business cycles, fiscal policy, time-varying correlation

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Local EPrints ID: 443837
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443837
DOI: doi:10.1111/sjpe.12233
ISSN: 0036-9292
PURE UUID: bddfb234-8ae6-46e2-9977-0617ae903be9
ORCID for Ishmael Tingbani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-1224

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Date deposited: 14 Sep 2020 16:36
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:02

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Author: Sabrina Bunyan
Author: David Duffy
Author: George Filis
Author: Ishmael Tingbani ORCID iD

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