We study the persistent effects of temporary changes in U.S. federal corporate and personal income tax rates using a narrative identification approach. A corporate income tax cut leads to a sustained increase in GDP and productivity, with peak effects between five and eight years. R&D spending...

Der Beginn eines nennenswerten Anstiegs der öffentlichen Verschuldung fällt in die Zeit der sozial-liberalen Koalition von 1969 bis 1982, die zugleich eine Politik der inneren Reformen propagierte. Mitte der 70er Jahre wird diese Politik durch einen anhaltenden Beschäftigungseinbruch...

Can a large-scale defcit spending program speed up recovery after recession? To answer that question we calibrate a standard neoclassical growth model with US data and assume that an exogenous shock has driven aggregate output far below steady-state level. We calibrate the model such that a...