The Fiscal Multiplier of Public Investment : The Role of Corporate Balance Sheet /

This paper explores whether public investment crowds out or crowds in private investment. To this aim, we build a database of about half a million firms from 49 countries. We find that the effect of public investment on corporate investment depends both on leverage and financial constraints. Public...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Espinoza, Raphael
Other Authors: Gamboa-Arbelaez, Juliana, Sy, Mouhamadou
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/199
Online Access:Full text available on IMF