The Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Stimulating Economic Activity : A Review of the Literature /

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the effectiveness of fiscal policy. The focus is on the size of fiscal multipliers, and on the possibility that multipliers can turn negative (i.e., that fiscal contractions can be expansionary). The paper concludes that fiscal multiplie...

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Autor principal: Mahfouz, Selma
Outros Autores: Hemming, Richard, Kell, Michael
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/208
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF