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The global financial crisis and fiscal policy in Central and Eastern Europe: the 2009 Croatian budget odysey

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  • Dubravko Mihaljek

    (Bank for International Settlements, Basel)

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This paper addresses two main questions: first, what is the scope for domestic and external market-based financing of Croatia’s government budget deficit; and second, what is the scope for expansionary fiscal policy in Croatia. Both questions are addressed from a broader Central and Eastern European perspective, in the context of the economic and financial crisis unfolding in the region since October 2008. The paper analyses how the crisis had spread through financial markets in the region and how it affected the cost and availability of budget financing. It shows that the reliance on market-based financing increased significantly in successive revisions of the 2009 budget despite rising bond yields and interest rates; that government borrowing from domestic banks led to a severe crowding-out of the private sector; and that the sovereign eurobond placement in 2009 was costlier than earlier placements in similar circumstances and other sovereign debt issues in CEE in the first half of 2009. On this basis, the paper argues that expansionary fiscal policy in Croatia would not be effective and would undermine fiscal sustainability and financial stability.

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  • Dubravko Mihaljek, 2009. "The global financial crisis and fiscal policy in Central and Eastern Europe: the 2009 Croatian budget odysey," Financial Theory and Practice, Institute of Public Finance, vol. 33(3), pages 229-272.
  • Handle: RePEc:ipf:finteo:v:33:y:2009:i:3:p:229-272
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    1. Sadiq, Misbah & Yousaf, Sheikh Usman & Anser, Muhammad Khalid & Rashid Khan, Haroon ur & Sriyanto, Sriyanto & Zaman, Khalid & Van Tu, Duong & Anis, Siti Nisrin Mohd, 2023. "The role of debt financing in the relationship between capital structure, firm’s value, and macroeconomic factors: To throw caution to the wind," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 212-223.
    2. Hrvoje Šimović, 2017. "Impact of public debt (un)sustainability on fiscal policy effectiveness in Croatia," EFZG Working Papers Series 1705, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb.
    3. Tomislav Galac, 2010. "The Central Bank as Crisis-Manager in Croatia – A Counterfactual Analysis," Working Papers 27, The Croatian National Bank, Croatia.
    4. Francesco Spadafora & Mr. Emidio Cocozza & Mr. Andrea Colabella, 2011. "The Impact of the Global Crisison South-Eastern Europe," IMF Working Papers 2011/300, International Monetary Fund.

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