Le multiplicateur keynésien en récession : Pourquoi une relance est-elle davantage nécessaire aujourd'hui en zone Euro ?

Charles, Sébastien and Dallery, Thomas and Marie, Jonathan (2015): Le multiplicateur keynésien en récession : Pourquoi une relance est-elle davantage nécessaire aujourd'hui en zone Euro ?

Abstract

The Great Recession has revived economic policy debates from the 1930s between the advocates of a balanced budget under all circumstances and the supporters of counter-cyclical fiscal policies. Since 2012, a consensus has emerged that fiscal policy is more effective in recessions that during periods of growth. Now, new studies have explained why fiscal multipliers are usually higher in times of recession. These results confirm the pressing need for fiscal stimulus in Europe.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: The keynesian multiplier in recession: why fiscal stimulus is now even more necessary in the Eurozone?
• Language: French
• Keywords: Multiplier, Recession, Post-Keynesians
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E12 - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E62 - Fiscal Policy; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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