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5. The Dynamic Behaviour of Budget Components and Output -

the Cases of France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain                          119

Antonio Afonso and Peter Claeys

5.1   Introduction                                                              119

5.2  The Recent Fiscal Imbalances in the EU                               120

5.3  A SVAR Model for Gauging Fiscal Indicators                         126

5.4   Empirical Analysis                                                     134

5.5  Conclusion                                                         153

Appendix 5.A  Data Sources                                            155

Appendix 5.B  The Fiscal Indicator: Some Additional Results                156

Appendix 5.C  Recursive Estimates of Budget Elasticities                   157

Discussion, Jan in 't Veld                                                    159

Part III Reliability of Fiscal Indicators                            161

6. The Reliability of EMU Fiscal Indicators: Risks and Safeguards           163

Fabrizio Balassone, Daniele Franco and Stefania Zotteri

6.1 Introduction                                                              163

6.2 The Reconciliation Account (SFA)                                    165

6.3 Deficit Revisions in Italy, Portugal, and Greece                           168

6.4 Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Gimmickry: a Simple Model                    172

6.5 Conclusions                                                        177

Discussion, Joao NogueiraMartins                                       182

7. Uncertainty Bounds for Cyclically Adjusted Budget Balances             185

Roy Barrell, Ian Hurst and James Mitchell

7.1   Introduction                                                              185

7.2  Estimating the Output Gap and Its Uncertainty                         186

7.3   Cyclically Adjusting the Budget Deficit                                 192

7.4  Uncertainty in the Adjustment                                        198

7.5  Implications and Conclusions                                        204

Discussion, Gyorgy Kopits                                                 205

Bibliography                                                                 208

Index                                                                    219



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