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Fiscal stimulus with learning-by-doing
Using a structural VAR analysis, we document that an increase in government purchases raises private consumption, total factor productivity (TFP) and the real wage. This poses a puzzle for both neoclassical and New-Keynesian models. We extend a standard New-Keynesian model to allow for skill accumulation through past work experience, following Chang, Gomes and Schorfheide (2002). An increase in government spending increases hours and induces skill accumulation and higher measured TFP and real wages in subsequent periods. Future marginal costs fall lowering the expected rate of ination and, through the monetary policy rule, the real interest rate. Consumption increases as a result.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 826
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policy
Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
- Subject
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Fiscal policy transmission
consumption
real wage
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Geistige Schöpfung
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d' Alessandro, Antonello
Fella, Giulio
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Veröffentlichung
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Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance
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London
- (when)
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2017
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- d' Alessandro, Antonello
- Fella, Giulio
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance
Time of origin
- 2017