Public Investment as a Fiscal Stimulus : Evidence from Japan's Regional Spending During the 1990s /

How effective was public investment in stimulating the Japanese economy during the economic stagnation of the 1990s? Using a dataset of regional public investment spending, we find that investment multipliers were higher than for public consumption, although they were relatively low and declining ov...

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Hovedforfatter: Tuladhar, Anita
Andre forfattere: Bruckner, Markus
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/110
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF