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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Auteur principal: Mao, Ruoyun
Autres auteurs: Susan Yang, Shu-Chun
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/091
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF