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This paper is about fiscal consolidation measures (i.e. tax hikes and government spending cuts motivated by a desire to reduce the fiscal deficit and public debt) in euro area (EA) countries. The focus is on analysing the growth effects of fiscal adjustments as well as their implications for...
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We estimate the fiscal (spending) multiplier using quarterly U.S. data, 1986-2017. We define government spending shocks …
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This paper demonstrates how adding nominal wage rigidity to a standard sticky price model can create a mechanism by which increases in government spending cause increases in consumption. The increase in output arising from government purchases puts upward pressure on the price level. At a fixed...
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This paper studies whether changes in the composition of public spending affect the macroeconomic consequences of fiscal consolidations. Based on a sample of 44 developing countries and 26 advanced economies during 1980-2019, results show that while fiscal consolidations tend to be on average,...
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spending by $0.29. We translate the regional consumption responses to an aggregate fiscal multiplier using a multi-region, New … multiplier, a result that distinguishes our incomplete markets model from models with complete markets. The aggregate consumption … multiplier is 0.64, which implies an output multiplier higher than one. The aggregate consumption multiplier is larger than the …
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