Paper #923

Títol:

Price differentials in monetary unions: The role of fiscal shocks

Autors:

Fabio Canova i Evi Pappa

Data:

Juny 2003

Resum:

We study the effect of regional expenditure and revenue shocks on price differentials for 47 US states and 9 EU countries. We identify shocks using sign restrictions on the dynamics of deficits and output and construct two estimates for structural price differentials dynamics which optimally weight the information contained in the data for all units. Fiscal shocks explain between 14 and 23 percent of the variability of price differentials both in the US and in the EU. On average, expansionary fiscal disturbances produce positive price differential responses while distortionary balance budget shocks produce negative price differential responses. In a number of units, price differential responses to expansionary fiscal shocks are negative. Spillovers and labor supply effects partially explain this pattern while geographical, political, and economic indicators do not.

Paraules clau:

Price differentials, Fiscal policy, Monetary unions, Bayesian methods

Codis JEL:

E3, E5, H7

Àrea de Recerca:

Macroeconomia i Economia Internacional

Publicat a:

The Economic Journal, 117(520), 2007, 713-737

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