1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779643303321

Autore

Baum Anja

Titolo

Fiscal Multipliers and the State of the Economy / / Anja Baum, Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro, Anke Weber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-8800-3

1-4755-2392-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Poplawski RibeiroMarcos

WeberAnke

Soggetti

Multiplier (Economics)

Fiscal policy - Developed countries

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Production and Operations Management

Business Fluctuations

Cycles

Fiscal Policy

Quantitative Policy Modeling

Macroeconomics: Production

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public finance & taxation

Output gap

Fiscal multipliers

Fiscal consolidation

Fiscal policy

Expenditure

Production

Economic theory

Expenditures, Public

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Background and Literature Review; A. What are Fiscal Multipliers and How Large are They?; B. Do Multipliers Differ in Downturns and Expansions?; Figures; 1. Country Characteristics and Multipliers; III. Data and Methodology; A. Data Sources and Description; Tables; 1. Cumulative Fiscal Multiplier Estimates from Selected Non-Linear Approaches; B. Threshold VAR Methodology; C. Impulse Response Functions; IV. Results; A. Country-by-Country Results; 2. G7 Selected Countries: Descriptive Statistics, 1965Q2-2011Q2

3. G7 Selected Countries: Threshold Estimation, 1965Q2-2011Q22. Cumulative Fiscal Multipliers: Fiscal Expansion; 3. Cumulative Fiscal Multipliers: Fiscal Contraction; B. Average of G7 Economies; C. Discussion and Caveats; 4. Fiscal Multipliers in G7 Economies; D. Policy Implications: Up-front versus Gradual Implementation; 5. G7 Economies: Cumulative Impact on Output from a Negative Discretionary Fiscal Spending Shock; V. Conclusions; A. Data Sources and Description; Appendix; B. Cumulative Generalized Impulse Response Functions and Confidential Intervals

C. Using Output Growth as the Threshold VariableReferences

Sommario/riassunto

Only a few empirical studies have analyzed the relationship between fiscal multipliers and the underlying state of the economy. This paper investigates this link on a country-by-country basis for the G7 economies (excluding Italy). Our results show that fiscal multipliers differ across countries, calling for a tailored use of fiscal policy. Moreover, the position in the business cycle affects the impact of fiscal policy on output: on average, government spending, and revenue multipliers tend to be larger in downturns than in expansions. This asymmetry has implications for the choice between an upfront fiscal adjustment versus a more gradual approach.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689654803321

Titolo

Affordable housing production and working families : hearing before the Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session on the affordable housing needs of working families and the state of the nation's housing supply for both renters and prospective homebuyers, May 15 and September 25, 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 152 p.)

Soggetti

Low-income housing - United States

Working poor - Housing - United States

Public housing - Finance - Government policy - United States

Housing policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia