Essays on Macroeconomics and Finance

The Local Multiplier: Theory and Evidence. I show that 1) the policy-relevant "global multiplier" can be written as the sum of a spending component and a taxation component, all scaled up by spillover effects, 2) the "local multiplier" is exactly the spending com- ponent, and 3)...

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Main Author: Mendel, Joshua Brock
Other Authors: Shleifer, Andrei
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10767
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11156789