We empirically assess whether a usually expected negative response of private consumption and private investment to a … HP-based; and iii) the Hamilton (2018)-based. We find that: i) increases in government consumption have a Keynesian … effect on real per capita private consumption; ii) there is a positive effect of tax increases on private consumption when …

different budgetary components. Panel Fixed Effects estimations for private consumption show that, in some cases, when fiscal … government final consumption expenditure, social transfers and taxes. Keynesian effects prevail when fiscal consolidations are …

In this study, we assess the relationship between several tax items and consumption and income inequality levels. For … levels and consumption. In particular, we obtain threshold values for social security contributions between 9.50 and 11 … firms, in GDP terms, to decrease income inequalities, although that might hamper aggregate consumption. …

negative long run relationship between the share of public consumption on GDP and the current account balance. As expected, the … variation of real public consumption produces an adverse accumulated response on the current account balance. Finally, the …