Asymmetric Effects of Government Spending : Does the Level of Real Interest Rates Matter? /

This paper empirically explores how fiscal policy (represented by increases in government spending) has asymmetric effects on economic activity at different levels of real interest rates. It suggests that the effect of fiscal policy depends on the level of real rates, since the Ricardian effect is s...

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Main Author: Choi, Woon
Other Authors: Devereux, Michael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/007
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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