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Cross-Country Estimates of the Degree of Fiscal Dominance and Central Bank Independence

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Carlos de Resende
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This paper studies the interdependence between fiscal and monetary policies, and their joint role in the determination of the price level ...

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Keywords: Central bank research Fiscal policy Inflation: costs and benefits

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E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization

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