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The Supply of Safe Assets and Fiscal Policy

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  • Ludger Schuknecht

    (Federal Ministry of Finance)

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Beyond fleeting references, there is surprisingly little analysis about the interrelationship between fiscal policy and safe assets. This study analyses this interrelationship and argues that, at a certain point, more public debt will not “buy” more safety: countries face a kind of “safe assets Laffer curve”, with a maximum amount of safe assets at some level of indebtedness. The position and stability of this curve depend on a number of national and international factors, including international risk appetite and the quantitative easing policies implemented by central banks. The study also finds evidence of declining safe assets, as reflected in government debt ratings.

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  • Ludger Schuknecht, 2018. "The Supply of Safe Assets and Fiscal Policy," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 53(2), pages 94-100, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:53:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s10272-018-0728-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-018-0728-5
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    1. Ludger Schuknecht, 2019. "Fiscal-Financial Vulnerabilities," CESifo Working Paper Series 7776, CESifo.
    2. António Afonso & Ludger Schuknecht, 2019. "How “big” should government be?," EconPol Working Paper 23, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    3. Antonio Afonso & Ludger Schuknecht, 2019. "How “big†should government be?," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 8(2), pages 85-96.

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    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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