How big are fiscal multipliers?

Enrique Mendoza, Carlos Vegh, Ethan Ilzetzki, 01 October 2009

Economists do not agree on one question crucial to evaluating governments' responses to the crisis: how much stimulus does spending provide? CEPR Policy Insight No.39 examines how the characteristics of an economy impact on the size of fiscal multipliers.

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URL:  http://www.cepr.org/pubs/PolicyInsights/CEPR_Policy_Insight_039.asp

Topics:  Global crisis

Tags:  fiscal stimulus, global crisis, fiscal multipliers

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