Assessing the quantitative impact of the fiscal packages which have been adopted in the current financial crisis is extremely difficult. The studies which are presented in this paper show wide differences, both for short-term and for medium-term multipliers. Moreover, multipliers which are...

The weakness of credit growth in the United States and Europe has given rise to concerns that the financial crisis has led to a credit crunch which has deepened the recession in the real economy and poses a serious threat to the recovery that seems to have started in the most recent months. In...