Fiscal Multipliers Are Not Necessarily That Large: A Comment On Eggertsson (2010)

Lorant, Kaszab (2011): Fiscal Multipliers Are Not Necessarily That Large: A Comment On Eggertsson (2010).

Abstract

This paper comments on Eggertsson (2010a) who argued that some fiscal policy measures like an increase in government spending or sales tax cut can be very effective in the recent peculiar environment of zero Federal Funds rate in the US. In particular, we show that the size of multipliers depends on the type of factor market structure (economy-wide or specific) we assume. Regarding the robustness of the results of Eggertsson (2010a) we argue that multipliers under zero nominal interest rate are a magnitude higher than those with positive interest only if the fiscal stimulus is sufficiently long (around ten quarters under specific labor market).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fiscal policy, multipliers, homogenous factor market, heterogenous factor market, zero nominal interest
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E62 - Fiscal Policy; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy

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