Macroeconomics and Economic Policy

Public Policy. This subline of research aims at contributing to the literature by analyzing the impact of different fiscal policy scenarios.

Researchers: Cruz Angel Echevarría, Arantza Gorostiaga, María José Gutiérrez, Amaia Iza and Steven Cassou

Recent Papers related to this line of research:

Echevarría, C. A. and J. García-Enríquez (2016) "Consistent Estimation of a Censored Demand System and Welfare Analysis: The 2012 VAT Reform in Spain", Journal of Agricultural Economics 67 (2), 324-347.

Echevarría, C. A. (2015) "Income Tax Progressivity, Growth, Income Inequality and Welfare", SERIEs Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6, 43-72.

Echevarría, C. A., and A. Iza (2014) "Income Taxation and Growth in an OLG Economy: Does Aggregate Uncertainty Play any Role?", Revista de Economía Aplicada 22, 39-69.

Cassou, S.P., A. Gorostiaga, and I. Uribe-Zubiaga (2013) "Policy effects of the elasticity of substitution across labor types in life cycle", Economic Modelling  35, 59-70.

Echevarría, C. A. (2013) "A Note on Infrastructure Expenditure, Uncertainty and Growth", The Manchester School 81, 941-960.

Gorostiaga, A., J. Hromcová and M.A. García-López (2013) "Optimal taxation in the Uzawa-Lucas model with externality in human capital", Journal of Economics 108, 111-129.

Echevarría, C. A. (2012) "Income Tax Progressivity, Physical Capital, Aggregate Uncertainty and Long-Run Growth in an OLG Economy", Journal of Macroeconomics 34, 955-974.

Echevarría, C. A., and A. Iza (2011) "Social Security, Education, Retirement and Growth", Hacienda Pública Española / Revista de Economía Pública, 198(3), 9-36.

Cassou, S. P., A. Gorostiaga, M.J. Gutiérrez and S. Hamilton (2010) "Second-Best Tax Policy and Natural Resource Management in Growing Economies", International Tax and Public Finance 17, 607-626.

Cassou, S. P. and A. Gorostiaga (2009) "Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Multisector Model: The Price Consequences of Government Spending", Journal of Public Economic Theory 11, 177–201.