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Fiscal policy, housing and stock prices

dc.contributor.authorAfonso, António
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Ricardo M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-23T09:34:39Z
dc.date.available2010-06-23T09:34:39Z
dc.date.issued2009-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the link between fiscal policy shocks and movements in asset markets using a Fully Simultaneous System approach in a Bayesian framework. Building on the works of Blanchard and Perotti (2002), Leeper and Zha (2003), and Sims and Zha (1999, 2006), the empirical evidence for the U.S., the U.K., Germany, and Italy shows that it is important to explicitly consider the government debt dynamics when assessing the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy and its impact on asset markets. In addition, the results from a VAR counter-factual exercise suggest that: (i) fiscal policy shocks play a minor role in the asset markets of the U.S. and Germany; (ii) they substantially increase the variability of housing and stock prices in the U.K.; and (iii) government revenue shocks have apparently contributed to an increase of volatility in Italy.pt
dc.identifier.citationAfonso, António e Ricardo M. Sousa. 2009. "Fiscal policy, housing and stock prices". European Central Bank working paper series nº 990-2009pt
dc.identifier.issn1725-2806
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2155
dc.language.isoengpt
dc.publisherEuropean Central Bankpt
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Central Bank working paper series;nº 990-2009
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp990.pdfpt
dc.subjectBayesian Structural VARpt
dc.subjectfiscal policypt
dc.subjecthousing pricespt
dc.subjectstock pricespt
dc.titleFiscal policy, housing and stock pricespt
dc.typeworking paper
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rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt
rcaap.typeworkingPaperpt

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