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Do government purchases affect unemployment?
Holden, Steinar; Sparrman, Victoria - 2011 - Publisert 24. mai. 2011 15:19
We investigate empirically the effect of government purchases on unemployment in 20 OECD countries, for the period 1960 …-2007. Compared to earlier studies we use a data set with more variation in unemployment, and which allows for controlling for a host … unemployment; an increase equal to one percent of GDP reduces unemployment by 0.2 percentage point in the same year. The effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154861
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Do Government Purchases Affect Unemployment?
Holden, Steinar - 2011
We investigate empirically the effect of government purchases on unemployment in 20 OECD countries, for the period 1960 …-2007. Compared to earlier studies we use a data set with more variation in unemployment, and which allows for controlling for a host … unemployment; an increase equal to one percent of GDP reduces unemployment by 0.2 percentage point in the same year. The effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124098
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Do government purchases affect unemployment?
Holden, Steinar; Sparrman, Victoria - 2011
We investigate empirically the effect of government purchases on unemployment in 20 OECD countries, for the period 1960 …-2007. Compared to earlier studies we use a data set with more variation in unemployment, and which allows for controlling for a host … unemployment; an increase equal to one percent of GDP reduces un-employment by 0.2 percentage point in the same year. The effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130159
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Do government purchases affect unemployment?
Holden, Steinar; Sparrman, Victoria - 2011
We investigate empirically the effect of government purchases on unemployment in 20 OECD countries, for the period 1960 …-2007. Compared to earlier studies we use a data set with more variation in unemployment, and which allows for controlling for a host … unemployment; an increase equal to one percent of GDP reduces unemployment by 0.2 percentage point in the same year. The effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330234
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How Do Laffer Curves Differ Across Countries?
Trabandt, Mathias - 2012
We seek to understand how Laffer curves differ across countries in the U.S. and the EU-14, thereby providing insights into fiscal limits for government spending and the service of sovereign debt. As an application, we analyze the consequences for the permanent sustainability of current debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105927
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Macroeconomic Effects of Government Spending Shocks : New Narrative Evidence From Canada
Hussain, Syed - 2018
This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of government spending shocks in Canada for the period of 1949 - 2012. We use the narrative record, mostly the budget speech, to identify the size, timing, and principal motivation for all planned major government spending changes. To achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906901
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Fiscal multipliers in the COVID-19 recession
Auerbach, Alan J.; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; McCrory, Peter B. - 2021
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fiscal stimuli. While countercyclical fiscal policy is effective in fighting conventional recessions, little is known about the effectiveness of fiscal policy in the current environment with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705410
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Household Debt, Borrowing Conditions, and the Government Spending Multiplier
Franconi, Alessandro - 2022
Although the financial position of households is found to be key for individual consumption responses to fiscal shocks, little is known empirically if household financial conditions are relevant for the spending multiplier. I explore this hypothesis using a historical sample for the U.S., a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014236049
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Fiscal Multipliers during Pandemics
Kinda, Tidiane; Lengyel, Andras; Chahande, Kaustubh - 2022
Many countries have deployed substantial fiscal packages to cushion the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. A historical look at past pandemics and epidemics highlights concomitant public sector support in response to health crises. This paper assesses how fiscal multipliers could vary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079978
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How Do Laffer Curves Differ Across Countries?
Trabandt, Mathias - 2012
We seek to understand how Laffer curves differ across countries in the US and the EU-14, thereby providing insights into fiscal limits for government spending and the service of sovereign debt. As an application, we analyze the consequences for the permanent sustainability of current debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110654