Government Spending Shocks and Rule-Of-Thumb Consumers: The Role of Steady State Inequality

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Galí, López-Salido, and Vallés (2007) suggest that because part of the population follow a rule-of-thumb by which they spend their entire disposable income each period, private consumption responds positively to deficit-financed increases in government spending. Key to this result is a centralized labor market. I show that the ability to explain the positive consumption response as a consequence of rule-of-thumb behavior hinges on the arbitrary assumption that wealth is redistributed across households in steady state. Inequality leads to equilibrium indeterminacy and undermines the theoretical foundation of the centralized labor market.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-82-7553-564-9
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2010/14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; Fiscal Policy
• Thema: rule-of-thumb consumers ; wealth inequality ; government spending ; indeterminacy

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Natvik, Gisle James
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Norges Bank
• (wo): Oslo
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/209959
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ