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Government Fiscal and Real Economy. Responses to the Crises: Automatic Stabilisers versus Automatic Stabilisation

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  • Jonas Fisher

    (European Commission, The Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (Brussels, Belgium))

  • Isabelle Justo

    (European Commission, The Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (Brussels, Belgium))

Abstract

This paper looks at the discretionary fiscal and real economy support measures introduced by EMU Member States in response to the crises. The analyses build on a data base assembled by the Commission on individual crises response measures with a view to survey the implementation of the European Economic Recovery Programme (EERP). The paper first provides a broad overview of the types of crises-related measures taken, including broad estimates of their budgetary dimension. On this basis it appears that on an aggregate level, the discretionary support has been in line with agreed principles of being timely, temporary and targeted. Member States with restricted fiscal space has overall taken a more restrictive stance than those with more room of manoeuvre. The paper then looks at how these discretionary measures complement the "automatic" budget stabilisation. It appears that, in budgetary terms, about half of the discretionary measures add to the areas already covered by automatic stabilisers while the other half address other areas such as investments, industrial sectors and vulnerable groups particularly hit by the crises. The overall experience may suggest that it has been helpful with agreed ex-ante principles for how discretionary stimuli should be provided and that the provision of discretionary stimulus under such conditionality can work to strengthen the budgetary stabilisation capacity in a flexible way. / Este artículo analiza las medidas discrecionales fi scales y de apoyo a la economía real introducidas por los países miembros de Unión Monetaria Europea en respuesta a la crisis. El análisis se realiza en base a datos recolectados por la Comisión Europea sobre medidas tomadas por cada país en respuesta a la crisis para evaluar la implementación del Programa de Recuperación Económica Europea. El artículo provee una extensa revisión de los tipos de medidas tomadas relacionadas con la crisis, incluyendo estimaciones de su dimensión presupuestaria. Con respecto a esto se encuentra que, a nivel agregado, el apoyo discrecional ha estado en línea con los principios aceptados de ser oportuno, transitorio y selectivo. Los Estados Miembros con capacidad fi scal más limitada en general han adoptado una postura más restrictiva que los que tienen más margen de maniobra. En el documento se analiza cómo estas medidas discrecionales complementan la estabilización presupuestaria "automática". Se encuentra que, en términos presupuestarios, cerca de la mitad de las medidas discrecionales apoyan a áreas ya cubiertas por los estabilizadores automáticos, mientras que la otra mitad apoya otras áreas como inversiones, sectores industriales y grupos vulnerables particularmente afectados por la crisis. La experiencia en general puede sugerir que los estímulos discrecionales han sido de gran ayuda y han estado de acuerdo con los principios preestablecidos de cómo deben ser provistos y que la implementación de este tipo políticas discrecionales pueden fortalecer la capacidad de estabilización presupuestaria de una manera flexible.

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  • Jonas Fisher & Isabelle Justo, 2010. "Government Fiscal and Real Economy. Responses to the Crises: Automatic Stabilisers versus Automatic Stabilisation," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 48(1), pages 11-40, Junio.
  • Handle: RePEc:ief:reveye:v:48:y:2010:i:1:p:11-40
    DOI: 10.55444/2451.7321.2010.v48.n1.3869
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    1. Lenuta Cojocariu & Florin Oprea, 2020. "Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Crisis – Ten Years After," Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, Ovidius University of Constantza, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 0(1), pages 866-882, August.

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    Keywords

    Automatic stabilisers; European Economic Recovery Programme (EERP); budget; discretionary policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt

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