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The impact of fiscal policy on the business cycle

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  • Ashley Dunstan
  • David Hargreaves
  • Ozer Karagedikli

    (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)

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This article sets out theoretical and empirical evidence on the impact of fiscal policy on the business cycle. Our analysis suggests that fiscal policy has a significant influence on cyclical conditions in New Zealand. Simple measures of the stance of fiscal policy, such as the Treasury’s measure of fiscal impulse, are useful, but the details of fiscal initiatives also need to be analysed to determine macroeconomic impact. For example, tax changes can have very different effects: tax cuts designed to spur savings could be mildly contractionary, while company tax cuts will tend to be expansionary. The significance of fiscal changes for monetary policy also depends partly on other factors driving the business cycle.

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  • Ashley Dunstan & David Hargreaves & Ozer Karagedikli, 2007. "The impact of fiscal policy on the business cycle," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, vol. 70, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nzb:nzbbul:march2007:2
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    1. Swati Yadav & V. Upadhyay & Seema Sharma, 2012. "Impact of Fiscal Policy Shocks on the Indian Economy," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 6(4), pages 415-444, November.
    2. Khalid Mahmood Lodhi, 2011. "Impact of Tax Reduction Policy on Banking Sector in Pakistan," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 3(6), pages 373-382.
    3. International Monetary Fund, 2009. "New Zealand: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2009/146, International Monetary Fund.
    4. Felicity C Barker & Robert A Buckle & Robert W St Clair, 2008. "Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand," Treasury Working Paper Series 08/02, New Zealand Treasury.
    5. Ágeir Daníelsson & Lúdvík Elíasson & Magnús F. Gudmundsson & Björn A. Hauksson & Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir & Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson & Thórarinn G. Pétursson, 2006. "QMM A Quarterly Macroeconomic Model of the Icelandic Economy," Economics wp32, Department of Economics, Central bank of Iceland.
    6. Bruce White, 2013. "Macroeconomic Policy in New Zealand: From the Great Inflation to the Global Financial Crisis," Treasury Working Paper Series 13/30, New Zealand Treasury.
    7. Anna Hamer-Adams & Martin Wong, 2018. "Quantifying fiscal multipliers in New Zealand: The evidence from SVAR models," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Analytical Notes series AN2018/05, Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
    8. Khalid Mahmood Lodhi, 2013. "Impact of Capital Gains Tax on Stock Investment in Pakistan," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 5(7), pages 360-368.

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