Fiscal multipliers in the COVID19 recession

A Auerbach, Y Gorodnichenko, PB McCrory… - Journal of International …, 2022 - Elsevier
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted
unprecedented fiscal stimuli. While countercyclical fiscal policy is effective in fighting …

General equilibrium effects of cash transfers: experimental evidence from Kenya

D Egger, J Haushofer, E Miguel, P Niehaus… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How large economic stimuli generate individual and aggregate responses is a central
question in economics, but has not been studied experimentally. We provided one‐time …

Local fiscal multipliers and fiscal spillovers in the United States

We estimate local fiscal multipliers and spillovers for the United States using a rich dataset
based on US Department of Defense contracts and a variety of outcome variables relating to …

Supply chain constraints and inflation

DA Comin, RC Johnson, CJ Jones - 2023 - nber.org
We develop a multisector, open economy, New Keynesian framework to evaluate how
potentially binding capacity constraints, and shocks to them, shape inflation. We show that …

Fiscal stimulus and consumer debt

Y Demyanyk, E Loutskina, D Murphy - Review of Economics and …, 2019 - direct.mit.edu
In the aftermath of the consumer debt–induced recession, policymakers have questioned
whether fiscal stimulus is effective during periods of high consumer indebtedness. This study …

Inequality, fiscal policy and COVID19 restrictions in a demand-determined economy

AJ Auerbach, Y Gorodnichenko, D Murphy - European Economic Review, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluate the effects of inequality, fiscal policy, and COVID19 restrictions in a model of
economic slack with potentially rigid capital operating costs. Rich households satiate their …

The short-term effects of tax changes: The role of state dependence

UD Demirel - Journal of Monetary Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluates how the state of the economy, as measured by the rate of
unemployment, influences the short-term effects of tax changes on output and employment. I …

Government GDP targets and corporate capacity expansion–Empirical evidence based on A-share listed companies

Y Wang, S Yang, W Tang, L Wei - International Review of Financial …, 2024 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of Chinese-style capacity expansion is widespread and closely tied to the
interventionist behavior of local governments. Using data from A-share listed companies …

Robot adoption and firm's capacity utilization: Evidence from China

H Wang, L Liao, JG Wu - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine the impact of a firm's robot adoption on the capacity utilization rate for Chinese
manufacturing firms between 2011 and 2019. Our result shows a significant positive …

Monetary policy in the presence of supply constraints: Evidence from German firm-level data

A Balleer, M Noeller - 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Using firm-level survey data from Germany, this paper asks how do supply constraints
propagate monetary policy shocks? To answer this question, we first offer a general …