Fiscal Stimulus to the Rescue? : Short-Run Benefits and Potential Long-Run Costs of Fiscal Deficits /

This paper uses the IMF's Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model to compute shortrun multipliers of fiscal stimulus measures and long-run crowding-out effects of higher debt. Multipliers of two-year stimulus range from 0.2 to 2.2 depending on the fiscal instrument, the extent of monetary a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laxton, Douglas
Other Authors: Kumhof, Michael, Muir, Dirk, Mursula, Susanna
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/255
Online Access:Full text available on IMF