Huixin Bi - Latest

• Analyzing Fiscal Sustainability

  Staff Working Paper 2013-27 Huixin Bi, Eric M. Leeper

  The authors study the implications of fiscal policy behaviour for sovereign risk in a framework that determines a country’s fiscal limit, the point at which, for economic or political reasons, taxes and spending can no longer adjust to stabilize debt.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Fiscal policy JEL Code(s): E, E6, E62, E65, H, H6, H63

• Uncertain Fiscal Consolidations

  Staff Working Paper 2013-26 Huixin Bi, Eric M. Leeper, Campbell Leith

  The paper explores the macroeconomic consequences of fiscal consolidations whose timing and composition - either tax- or spending-based - are uncertain.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Fiscal policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty JEL Code(s): E, E6, E62, E63, H, H3, H30, H6, H60