Globalization and fiscal policy after financial crises

Paraskevi K. Salamaliki

European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, vol. 85, issue C

Abstract: Has globalization affected the use of fiscal policy as a macroeconomic stabilization tool in response to financial crises? We study this question in an empirical model using different dimensions of globalization – political, social, and economic – and de facto and de jure measures of the different dimensions. By estimating Jordà (2005)-type local projections, we first document that higher political, social and economic globalization matter for the policy response to financial crises, producing more contractionary or austerity policies in terms of the high-employment surplus after distress. High initial debt-to-GDP ratios exacerbate to some extent the effects of globalization, producing additional fiscal austerity after financial distress. Second, we find that countries’ degree of policies and conditions that enable or restrict international flows and activities – hence policies “on paper” – matter most for the effects of globalization on the dynamics of fiscal policy after a financial distress, compared to the actual degree of such flows, that is, policies “in practice”. In total, using of fiscal policy as a macro stabilization tool in an environment of increased globalization appears to be restricted. Accommodation and reinforcement of debt externalities, fiscal spillovers and contagion ensuing from increased globalization may have contributed to policymakers’ concerns about debt sustainability and sovereign risk, thus influencing the fiscal policy response.

Keywords: Fiscal policy; Globalization; Fiscal space; Financial crises; Local projections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 F34 H62 H63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102590

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