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The Savers-Spenders Theory of Fiscal Policy

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2000

The macroeconomic analysis of fiscal policy is usually based on one of two canonical models--the Barro-Ramsey model of infinitely-lived families or the Diamond-Samuelson model of overlapping generations. This paper argues that neither model is satisfactory and suggests an alternative. In the...

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Permanent and Transitory Components in Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Campbell, John Y. - 1987

Fluctuations in real GNP have traditionally been viewed as transitory deviations from a deterministic time trend. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the recent developments that have led to a new view of output fluctuations and then to provide some additional evidence. Using post-war...

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Are Tax Cuts Really Expansionary?

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 1984

In this paper, we re-examine the standard analysis of the short-run effect of a personal tax cut. If consumer spending generates more money demand than other components of GNP, then tax cuts may, by increasing the demand for money, depress aggregate demand. We examine a variety of evidence and...

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Consumer Durables and the Real Interest Rate

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 1983

One important channel through which real interest rates affect aggregate demand is consumer expenditure on durable goods. This paper examines empirically the link between interest rates and consumer durables. Solving for the decision rule relating income and interest rates to consumer demand is...

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Intertemporal Substitution in Macroeconomics

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 1982

Modern neoclassical theories of the business cycle posit that aggregate fluctuations in consumption and employment are the consequence of dynamic optimizing behavior by economic agents who face no quantity constraint. In this paper, we estimate an explicit model :f this type. In particular, we...

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Aggregation and Stabilization Policy in a Multi-Contract Economy

Blinder, Alan S. - 1982

This paper presents a model of a multi-sector economy in which each sector is characterized by a different type of wage or price stickiness. The various sectors experience the same exogenous shocks and have the same money supply. The analysis shows demand shocks pose no serious problems for...

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Spreading the Wealth Around : Reflections Inspired by Joe the Plumber

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2010

individuals' moral intuitions. The essay then explores an alternative normative framework, dubbed the Just Deserts Theory …

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Imperfect Information and Aggregate Supply

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2010

This paper surveys the research in the past decade on imperfect information models of aggregate supply and the Phillips curve. This new work has emphasized that information is dispersed and disseminates slowly across a population of agents who strategically interact in their use of information....

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Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2009

We highlight and explain eight lessons from optimal tax theory and compare them to the last few decades of OECD tax … policy. As recommended by theory, top marginal income tax rates have declined, marginal income tax schedules have flattened … theory. Moreover, some of theory's more subtle prescriptions, such as taxes that involve personal characteristics, asset …

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The Optimal Taxation of Height : A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution

Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2009

Should the income tax include a credit for short taxpayers and a surcharge for tall ones? The standard Utilitarian framework for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a substantial height tax: a tall...

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