Das Public Kapital : How Much Would Higher German Public Investment Help Germany and the Euro Area? /

Given the backdrop of pressing infrastructure needs, this paper argues that higher German public investment would not only stimulate domestic demand in the near term and reduce the current account surplus, but would also raise output over the longer-run as well as generate beneficial regional spillo...

Disgrifiad llawn

Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Elekdag, Selim
Awduron Eraill: Muir, Dirk
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/227
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF
LEADER 01826cas a2200253 a 4500
001 AALejournalIMF014871
008 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d
020 |c 5.00 USD 
020 |z 9781498329934 
022 |a 1018-5941 
040 |a BD-DhAAL  |c BD-DhAAL 
100 1 |a Elekdag, Selim. 
245 1 0 |a Das Public Kapital :   |b How Much Would Higher German Public Investment Help Germany and the Euro Area? /  |c Selim Elekdag, Dirk Muir. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b International Monetary Fund,  |c 2014. 
300 |a 1 online resource (45 pages) 
490 1 |a IMF Working Papers 
500 |a <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
500 |a <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
506 |a Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 
520 3 |a Given the backdrop of pressing infrastructure needs, this paper argues that higher German public investment would not only stimulate domestic demand in the near term and reduce the current account surplus, but would also raise output over the longer-run as well as generate beneficial regional spillovers. While time-to-build delays can weaken the impact of the stimulus in the short-run, the expansionary effects of higher public investment are substantially strengthened with an accommodative monetary policy stance-as is typical during periods of economic slack. The current low-interest rate environment presents a window of opportunity to finance higher public investment at historically favorable rates. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet 
700 1 |a Muir, Dirk. 
830 0 |a IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;  |v No. 2014/227 
856 4 0 |z Full text available on IMF  |u http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/227/001.2014.issue-227-en.xml  |z IMF e-Library