Trade policies and fiscal devaluations

Christopher Erceg, Andrea Prestipino and Andrea Raffo

No 1347, International Finance Discussion Papers from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: Fiscal devaluations—an increase in import tariffs and export subsidies (IX) or an increase in value-added taxes and payroll subsidies (VP)—have been shown to provide as much stimulus under fixed exchange rates as a currency devaluation. We find that if agents expect policies to be reversed and the tax pass-through is large, VP is contractionary and IX provides a modest boost. In our medium-scale DSGE model, both features are crucial in accounting for Germany’s underperformance in response to VP in 2007. These findings cast doubt on fiscal devaluations as a cyclical stabilization tool when monetary policy is constrained.

Keywords: Trade Policy; Fiscal Policy; Exchange Rates; Fiscal Devaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 F30 H22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06-22
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DOI: 10.17016/IFDP.2022.1347

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