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Fiscal Devaluation Scenarios: A Quantitative Assessment for the Italian Economy

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  • Barbara Annicchiarico

    (CEIS, University of Rome "Tor Vergata")

  • Fabio Di Dio

    (Sogei S.p.A., IT Economia)

  • Francesco Felici

    (Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Dipartimento del Tesoro)

Abstract

We study the potential impact of fiscal devaluation policies on the Italian economy using IGEM, a dynamic general equilibrium model for the Italian economy developed at the Department of Treasury of the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance. The simulations show that fiscal devaluation policies are likely to produce short-run slight improvements on the external position of the economy, while the output gains seem to persist in the long run. Non-negligible distributional effects across households are also observed, since taxation on consumption tends to be regressive.

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  • Barbara Annicchiarico & Fabio Di Dio & Francesco Felici, 2014. "Fiscal Devaluation Scenarios: A Quantitative Assessment for the Italian Economy," CEIS Research Paper 311, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 24 Sep 2014.
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    • E10 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - General
    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
    • E60 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General

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