The Welfare Multiplier of Public Infrastructure Investment /

We analyze the welfare multipliers of public spending (the consumption equivalent change in welfare for one dollar change in public spending) in a DSGE model. The welfare multipliers of public infrastructure investment are positive if infrastructure is sufficiently effective. When the medium-term ou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ganelli, Giovanni
Other Authors: Tervala, Juha
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/040
Online Access:Full text available on IMF