Can Government Demand Stimulate Private Investment? : Evidence from U.S. Federal Procurement /

We study the effects of federal purchases on firms' investment using a novel panel dataset that combines federal procurement contracts in the United States with key financial firm-level information. We find that 1 dollar of federal spending increases firms' capital investment by 7 to 11 ce...

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Hlavní autor: Hebous, Shafik
Další autoři: Zimmermann, Tom
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/060
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF