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output, by using a long run equilibrium model for the US and the UK. Our contribution, with respect to previous works, is … variables. Second, we take into account different dynamics between defence spending on aggregate output, showing that the …
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The recent recession has seen something of resurgence in the debate over military Keynesianism. Recent commentators who should no better have claimed that it would make sense to stimulate the US economy through increases in military spending, as though this has not been a commonly contested view...
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effect of government spending on output. Following a popular assumption that military spending is unlikely to respond to … output at business-cycle frequencies - and exploiting variation in military spending of a significantly larger magnitude than … economies and in countries with a fixed exchange rate. The output response to government spending persists for about two to …
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the effects of government spending on output in advanced and developing countries. Identifying government-spending shocks …
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the effects of government spending on output in advanced and developing countries. Identifying government-spending shocks …
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effect of government spending on output. Following a popular assumption that military spending is unlikely to respond to … output at business-cycle frequencies - and exploiting variation in military spending of a significantly larger magnitude than … economies and in countries with a fixed exchange rate. The output response to government spending persists for about two to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460696
This paper investigates the economic impact of a coordinated reduction in military expenditures of 20 percent using a specially modified version of the MULTIMOD world economic model. Simulation results indicate that in developing countries the present value of consumption increases by 46 percent...
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Analysis of the economic impact of military expenditures and arms trade is frequently hampered by the limited amount of transparent, comprehensive data. Country-specific information can be supplemented, however, by data from multicountry statistical sources. This paper describes seven...
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In this paper, we estimate the effect of defense spending on the U.S. macroeconomy since World War II. First, we construct a new panel dataset of state-level federal defense contracts. Second, we sum observations across states and, using the resulting time series, estimate the aggregate effect...
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the effects of government spending on output in advanced and developing countries. Identifying government-spending shocks …-9, circulated under the title 'Output Response to Government Spending: Evidence from New International Military Spending Data.' …
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