Private Sector Consumption Behavior and Non-Keynesian Effects of Fiscal Policy /

This paper explores the hypothesis that the propensity to consume out of income is not constant but varies, perhaps in a nonlinear fashion, with fiscal variables. It examines whether there is any empirical evidence to support the hypothesis that households move from non-Ricardian to Ricardian behavi...

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Main Author: Bhattacharya, Rina
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/112
Online Access:Full text available on IMF