Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Are Stimulus Multipliers Higher During Times of High Unemployment? Not in the United States.

Key Finding: "No matter how they test, the conclusion is the same. The authors say they "find no evidence that multipliers are higher during periods of slack in quarterly U.S. data from 1890 to 2010."

An argument against government spending over other stimuli in times of recession?

Are Stimulus Multipliers Higher During Times of High Unemployment? Not in the United States.

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