Government Spending Effects in a Policy Constrained Environment /

The theoretical literature generally finds that government spending multipliers are bigger than unity in a low interest rate environment. Using a fully nonlinear New Keynesian model, we show that such big multipliers can decrease when 1) an initial debt-to-GDP ratio is higher, 2) tax burden is highe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mao, Ruoyun
Other Authors: Susan Yang, Shu-Chun
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/091
Online Access:Full text available on IMF