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In 2009, Germany invested 15.4 Billion Euro in infrastructure to avert the looming recession. In this study, we evaluate whether the German stimulus program was successful in limiting the impact of the crisis on the job market. We exploit exogenous cross-sectional variation to identify the...
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output in Italy. The fiscal multiplier, which is maximized at the one year horizon, follows a U-shape over the sample …
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tend to have positive effects on output in Italy. The fiscal multiplier, which is maximized at the one year horizon …
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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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What do we know about the output effects of fiscal policy in low income countries (LICs)? There are very few empirical studies on the subject. This paper fills this gap by estimating the output effects of government spending shocks in LICs. Our analysis-based on the local projection method-finds...
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By applying a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) approach this paper estimates the effects of fiscal policy shocks of different government sub-sectors on aggregate GDP in Germany. From a general government perspective, the results show that besides investment, it is particularly changes in...
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accounts. We estimate the local fiscal multiplier on output to be 1.7 at the regional level. The regional fiscal multiplier … and small in size. We decompose the regional fiscal multiplier on output into multipliers on expenditure components. The … regional fiscal multiplier on absorption exceeds 2.0 because of the crowding-in effect on consumption and investment. Moreover …
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This paper empirically studies the U.S. multiplier effects of government investment, government consumption and total … with a shadow interest rate. The government spending multiplier is approximately 0.5 …
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The aim of this paper is to estimate government consumption multiplier and to examine the effect of various … characteristics of countries on the size of fiscal multiplier. We apply a panel VAR model following Ilzetzki et al. (2013) for a … multiplier is larger than unity. Second, the size of fiscal multiplier is larger in the cases of lower public indebtedness, for …
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inflation from its trend, implying that the more demand-driven a recession, the higher the multiplier. Median multipliers range …
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