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Effects of Austerity: Expenditure- and Tax-based Approaches. Alberto Alesina, Spring 2019, Paper, "Sometimes governments need to reduce their budget deficits aggressively. These…
Climbing out of Debt. Alberto Alesina, March 2018, Paper, "Almost a decade after the onset of the global financial crisis, national debt in advanced economies remains near…
Is it the "How" or the "When" that Matters in Fiscal Adjustments? Alberto Alesina, October 2016, Paper, "Using data from 16 OECD countries from 1981 to 2014, we find that the…
Austerity in 2009-2013, Alberto Alesina, September 29, 2014, Paper, The deficit reduction policies (often referred to as fiscal “austerity”) followed by several OECD…
The output effect of fiscal consolidation plans. Alberto Alesina, May 2014, Paper. "We show that the correct experiment to evaluate the effects of a scale adjustment is the…
The Kindest Cuts. Alberto Alesina, Fall 2012, Opinion. "Shrinking spending reduces deficits without harming the economy—unlike tax hikes. Should debt-ridden and economically…
Fiscal adjustments: lessons from recent history. Alberto Alesina, April 2010, Paper. "In the aftermath of the Great Recession, many OECD countries now need to reduce…
The Politics of Monetary Policy. Alberto Alesina, April 2010, Paper."In this paper we critically review the literature on the political economy of monetary policy, with an…
Large changes in fiscal policy: taxes versus spending. Alberto Alesina, October 2009, Paper. "We examine the evidence on episodes of large stances in fiscal policy…