This book presents overwhelming evidence that US government stimulus programs over the past fifty years have not worked. Using the best and most modern econometric testing models, it applies 228 separate hard science tests to examine the effects of different stimulus models that should, in...

This book explores the US economy from 1960 to 2010 using a more Keynsian, Cowles model approach, which the author argues has substantial advantages over the vector autoregression (VAR) and dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models used almost exclusively today. Heim presents a robust...

Part-1: Introductory Chapter -- chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Literature Review -- Chapter 3: Methodology.-Part-2: Theory of crowd out and accommodative monetary policy -- Chapter 4: Theory of Crowd Out and Accommodative Monetary Policy -- chapter 5: A Simplified Balance Sheet View of...

Separate investment demand functions are developed and tested for (1) plant and equipment, (2) inventory, and (3) residential housing and compared for consistency with previous studies of total investment demand. U.S. 1960 - 2000 data are tested using 2SLS with heteroskedasticity controls. Data...

Government deficits financed by domestic borrowing were found to crowd out private borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses, in both recession and non-recession periods. Deficits due to tax cuts had a net negative effect on GDP, because stimulus effects are smaller than the crowd out...

Separate investment demand functions are developed and tested for (1) plant and equipment, (2) inventory, and (3) residential housing and compared for consistency with previous studies of total investment demand. U.S. 1960 - 2000 data are tested using 2SLS with heteroskedasticity controls. Data...

Chapter. 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2. Literature Review -- Chapter 3. Methodology -- Chapter 4. Theory of Crowd Out and Accommodative Monetary Policy -- Chapter 5. The Role of Primary Dealers, Investment Banks and Foreign Banks in Federal Reserve Efforts -- Chapter 6. Does Crowd Out Really...