Title:Optimal Monetary Policy in Open Economies
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This chapter studies optimal monetary stabilization policy in interdependent open economies, by proposing a unified analytical framework systematizing the existing literature. In the model, the combination of complete ...
Title:Debt Consolidation and Fiscal Stabilization of Deep Recessions
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; KUESTER, Keith; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The global financial crisis of 2008–09 has sent public debt on sharply
higher trajectories. With the economic recovery gradually taking hold, the
focus is now shifting to fiscal “exit” strategies. Medium-term ...
Title:Fiscal Stimulus with Spending Reversals
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:IMF working paper
Title:Fiscal Stimulus with spending reversals
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR discussion paperAbstract:The impact of fiscal stimulus depends not only on short-term tax and spending policies, but also on expectations about offsetting measures in the future. This paper analyzes the effects of an increase in government spending ...
Title:The International Dimension of Productivity and Demand Shocks in the US Economy
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPRAbstract:This paper investigates the international dimension of productivity and demand shocks to US manufacturing. Identifying shocks with sign restrictions based on standard theory predictions we find that productivity gains in ...
Title:A Modern Reconsideration of the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
Author(s):CORSETTI, GiancarloDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:What can be learnt from revisiting the Optimal Currency Areas (OCA) theory 50
years from its birth, in light of recent advances in open economy macro and monetary
theory? This paper presents a stylized micro-founded model ...
Title:Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Most analyses of the macroeconomic adjustment required to correct global imbalances ignore net exports of new varieties of goods and services and do not account for firms'net entry in the product market. In this paper we ...
Title:Twin Deficits, Openness and the Business Cycle
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:In this paper, we study the co-movement of the government budget balance and the trade balance at business cycle frequencies. In a sample of 10 OECD countries we find that the correlation of the two time series is negative, ...
Title:New Open Economy Macroeconomics
Author(s):CORSETTI, GiancarloDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The New Open Economy Macroeconomics refers to a vast body of literature embracing a new
theoretical framework for policy analysis in open economy, with the goal of overcoming the
limitations of the Mundell-Fleming model, ...
Title:Optimal Monetary Policy and the Sources of Local-Currency Price Stability
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We analyze the policy trade-offs generated by local currency price stability of imports in economies where upstream producers strategically interact with downstream firms selling the final goods to consumers. We study the ...
Title:Productivity, External Balance and Exchange Rates: Evidence on the Transmission Mechanism among G7 Countries
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper investigates the international transmission of productivity shocks
in a sample of ve G7 countries. For each country, using long-run restrictions,
we identify shocks that increase permanently domestic labor ...
Title:Towards a Theory of Firm Entry and Stabilization Policy
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; BERGIN, PaulDate:2005Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR Discussion PapersAbstract:This paper explores the role of stabilization policy in a model where firm entry responds to shocks and uncertainty. We evaluate stabilization policy in the context of a simple analytically solvable sticky price model, ...
Title:DSGE Models of High Exchange-Rate Volatility and Low Pass-Through
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; DEDOLA, Luca; LEDUC, SylvainDate:2005Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR Discussion PapersAbstract:This paper develops a quantitative, dynamic, open-economy model which endogenously generates high exchange rate volatility, whereas a low degree of exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) stems from both nominal rigidities (in ...