Private Sector Consumption and Government Consumption and Debt in Advanced Economies : An Empirical Study /

This paper explores the hypothesis that the propensity to consume out of income varies in a non-linear fashion with fiscal variables, and in particular with government debt per capita. Using data from eighteen OECD countries the paper examines whether there is any empirical evidence to support the h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mukherjee, Sanchita
Other Authors: Bhattacharya, Rina
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/264
Online Access:Full text available on IMF