Cuestas , J.C. and Staehr, K. (2011) Fiscal shocks and budget balance persistence in the EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe. Working Paper. Department of Economics, University of Sheffield ISSN 1749-8368
Abstract
This paper analyses the time series properties of the fiscal balance in the 10 EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe. The persistence of shocks in the variable has been analysed by means of unit root tests that account for the possibility of non-linearities and structural changes. The results of the linear and non-linear unit root tests find only mild evidence in favour of the stationarity hypothesis, with asymmetric effects present in a few cases. After controlling for structural changes in the data generation process, the results point to stochastic stationarity of the series. Thus, in spite relatively steady headline figures, the public balance processes exhibit substantial instability in the EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe.
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Keywords: | unit roots, structural breaks, budget balance, EU |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) > Sheffield Economics Research Papers Series |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2011 16:23 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2014 17:54 |
Published Version: | http://www.shef.ac.uk/economics/research/serps/yea... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Sheffield |
Identification Number: | Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series 2011014 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:43088 |