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Beyond the austerity dispute: new priorities for fiscal policy

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  • Luca Agnello

    (Universita' degli studi di Palermo)

  • Nikola Altiparmakov

    (Fiscal council republic of Serbia)

  • Michal Andrle

    (IMF)

  • Maria Grazia Attinasi

    (ECB)

  • Jan Babeck�

    (Czech National Bank)

  • Salvador Barrios

    (European Commission)

  • John Bluedorn

    (IFM)

  • Vladimir Borgy

    (Banque de France)

  • Othman Bouabdallah

    (ECB)

  • Andries Brandsma

    (European Commission)

  • Adi Brender

    (Bank of Ireland)

  • V�tor Castro

    (Universidade de Coimbra)

  • Cristina Checherita-Westphal

    (ECB)

  • Jerome Creel

    (Paris Institute of Political Studies)

  • Jasper De Jong

    (DNB)

  • Luiz de Mello

    (OECD)

  • Francesco Di Comite

    (European Commission)

  • Olga Diukanova

    (European Commission)

  • Luc Eyraud

    (IMF)

  • Serena Fatica

    (European Commission)

  • Marien Ferdinandusse

    (ECB)

  • Davide Fiaschi

    (Universita' di Pisa)

  • Maura Francese

    (IMF)

  • Maximilian Freier

    (ECB)

  • Josip Funda

    (Hrvatska Narodna Banka)

  • Davide Furceri
  • Paul Hubert

    (Science PO)

  • Anna Iara

    (European Commission)

  • Joao Jalles

    (IMF)

  • Tidiane Kinda

    (IMF)

  • Gabor P.Kiss

    (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)

  • ya Koeva-Brooks

    (IMF)

  • Martin Larch

    (European Commission)

  • Jes�s L�pez Rodr�guez

    (European Commission)

  • Prakash Loungani

    (IMF)

  • d'Artis Kancs

    (European Commission)

  • Sandro Momigliano

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Carlos Mulas-Granados
  • Ludovit Odor
  • George Palaiodimos

    (Bank of Greece)

  • Lucio Pench
  • Damiaan Persyn

    (University of Leuven)

  • �lvaro Pina

    (OECD)

  • Lesley Potters

    (European Commission)

  • Doris Prammer

    (OENB)

  • Jonathan Pycroft

    (European Commission)

  • Ernesto Rezk

    (Universidad Nacional de C�rdoba)

  • Marzia Romanelli

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Fabrizio Saccomanni
  • Francesco Saraceno

    (Sciences PO)

  • Gerd Schwartz

    (IMF)

  • Ricardo Sousa

    (Universidade do Minho)

  • Martino Tasso

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Teresa Ter-Minassian

    (IMF)

  • Pietro Tommasino

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Anke Weber

    (IMF)

  • Jochen Zimmer

    (Bundesbank)

Abstract

The workshop aimed at moving forward the fiscal policy debate, which in the crisis years was unavoidably focused on how to regain fiscal credibility and to implement sizable and fast consolidation plans. Four main themes have been proposed for the debate during the workshop. First, the two-way link between fiscal consolidation and inequality, with the idea that consolidation efforts cannot be successful in the long run if they entail a socially unsustainable increase in inequality. Second, the importance of preserving, even in contexts in which the fiscal policy stance is necessarily restrictive, growth-enhancing public investments. Third, the challenges posed to fiscal management by a low inflation context, taking into account that a subdued price dynamics not only makes the real burden of debt heavier, but it also has subtle effects, at least in the short term, on several budgetary items. Finally, the need for a simpler and more appropriate set of rules for the governance of the EMU. The latter topic was also the object of the high-level panel at the end of the workshop. While differences in emphasis emerged among the panellists, they agreed that the current framework could be streamlined, and � more importantly � that no set of rules can work if trust and a sense of sharing a common objective is not rebuilt among the Member States.

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  • Luca Agnello & Nikola Altiparmakov & Michal Andrle & Maria Grazia Attinasi & Jan Babeck� & Salvador Barrios & John Bluedorn & Vladimir Borgy & Othman Bouabdallah & Andries Brandsma & Adi Brender & V, 2016. "Beyond the austerity dispute: new priorities for fiscal policy," Workshop and Conferences 20, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdi:workpa:sec_20
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    Gini index; fiscal consolidation; fiscal expansion; narrative approach; cyclically-adjusted primary balance; expenditure-based; tax-based; recession; inequality; distribution; factor income distribution; wage share; measure of individual welfare; non-parametric methods; polarization; distribution dynamics; inequality; income inequality; fiscal stimuli; political (in)stability; wealth distribution; wealth taxation; capital income taxation; household data; public investment; private investment; elasticity; production function; RHOMOLO; multiregional spatial CGE; cohesion policy; fiscal policy; inflation shock; spending indexation; fiscal drag; debt sustainability; mandatory pensions; pension contribution; tax incidence; rational behavior; smoothing lifetime income; fiscal framework; fiscal indicators; cyclical adjustment; fiscal council; fiscal governance; fiscal policy; fiscal rules; european economic and monetary union;
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