Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis

The recent recession has brought fiscal policy back to the forefront, with economists and policy makers struggling to reach a consensus on highly political issues like tax rates and government spending. At the heart of the debate are fiscal multipliers, whose size and sensitivity determine the power of such policies to influence economic growth.Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis focuses on the effects of fiscal stimuli and increased government spending, with contributions that consider the measurement of the multiplier effect and its size. In the face of uncertainty o

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Alesina, Alberto
Other Persons:	Giavazzi, Francesco (contributor)
Publisher:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Subject:	Finanzpolitik \| Fiscal policy \| Finanzkrise \| Financial crisis \| Multiplikator \| Multiplier
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (596 p)
Series:	NBER-Conference Report
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Government Spending and Private Activity; 2. Fiscal Multipliers in Recession and Expansion; 3. The Household Effects of Government Spending; 4. The Role of Growth Slowdowns and Forecast Errorsin Public Debt Crises; 5. Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy; 6. How Do Laffer Curves Differ across Countries?; 7. Perceptions and Misperceptions of Fiscal Inflation; 8. The "Austerity Myth": Gain without Pain?; 9. Can Public Sector Wage Bills Be Reduced?; 10. Entitlement Reforms in Europe: Policy Mixes in theCurrent Pension Reform Process 11. "Fiscal Devaluation" and Fiscal Consolidation:The VAT in Troubled Times12. Fiscal Rules: Theoretical Issues andHistorical Experiences; 13. The Electoral Consequences of LargeFiscal Adjustments; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
ISBN:	978-0-226-01844-7 ; 978-0-226-01858-4 ; 978-0-226-01844-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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