Fiscal Policy In A Growth Model With A Public Capital Externality
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Author | : Bassam Awad |
Publisher | : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2010-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783843381253 |
This book addresses three questions that are central to the analysis of fiscal policy. First, how good are linearization and higher-order approximations in an endogenous growth model with public capital? Second, how important are the transitional dynamics in assessing fiscal policy alternatives when comparing the long-run economic growth and welfare? Third, is a consumption tax optimal in an economy with public and private human capital when the tax structure is time-invariant? To answer these questions, I have used an endogenous growth model where the growth is driven by accumulation of human capital and fueled by a public capital externality. I conclude: (i) the policies that involve the highest rates of economic growth do not always provide the highest welfare; (ii) the traditional methods used to analyze the impact of tax policy alternatives might involve significant approximation errors, and the use of actual transitional path in analyzing fiscal policy in this book eliminates this problem; and (iv) the long-run welfare benefits of fiscal policy reform may take years to be realized, with welfare losses accruing in the short-run.
Author | : International Monetary Fund |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2015-04-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1498344658 |
This paper explores how fiscal policy can affect medium- to long-term growth. It identifies the main channels through which fiscal policy can influence growth and distills practical lessons for policymakers. The particular mix of policy measures, however, will depend on country-specific conditions, capacities, and preferences. The paper draws on the Fund’s extensive technical assistance on fiscal reforms as well as several analytical studies, including a novel approach for country studies, a statistical analysis of growth accelerations following fiscal reforms, and simulations of an endogenous growth model.
Author | : Mr.Paul Cashin |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1994-08-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1451951477 |
This paper develops an endogenous growth model of the influence of public investment, public transfers, and distortionary taxation on the rate of economic growth. The growth-enhancing effects of investment in public capital and transfer payments are modeled, as is the growth-inhibiting influence of the levying of distortionary taxes which are used to fund such expenditure. The theoretical implications of the model are then tested with data from 23 developed countries between 1971 and 1988, and time series cross sectional results are obtained which support the proposed influence of the public finance variables on economic growth.
Author | : Alfred Greiner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This work analyzes the impact of fiscal policy on the growth rate of market economies. Two frameworks are considered: in the first, human capital is seen as a by-product of gross investment; in the second, government is seen to influence growth by investing in public capital.
Author | : Christos F. Stournaras |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
In this paper, we examine the view of capital fundamentalism claiming that national fiscal policies, with public investment being subject to adjustment costs, can be considered as the primary determinant of economic growth. According to our analysis, a country that experiences a low rate of growth with a relatively low public to private capital ratio can generate and attain a higher long-run rate of economic growth, equivalent to the growth rate of public capital. It is revealed that the after-tax marginal product of capital, hence the rate of return, depends positively on the ratio of private to public capital, something that sharply contradicts the results obtained in the rather traditional strand of research where the rate of return was invariant with that particular ratio. We also reconsider some properties of optimal fiscal policy and conclude that, in accordance to conventional priors, maximisation of the private-sector utility function corresponds to maximisation of the growth rate of the economy.
Author | : Richard Hemming |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2002-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the effectiveness of fiscal policy. The focus is on the size of fiscal multipliers, and on the possibility that multipliers can turn negative (i.e., that fiscal contractions can be expansionary). The paper concludes that fiscal multipliers are overwhelmingly positive but small. However, there is some evidence of negative fiscal multipliers.
Author | : Marc Labonte |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1437937128 |
The size of gov¿t. has increased significantly since the financial crisis of 2008 as a result of the government¿s unplanned intervention in financial markets and subsequent stimulus legislation. Contents of this report: (1) How Does the Gov¿t. Affect the Economy?; (2) How Large is the Gov¿t.?; (3) Effect of the Gov¿t. on Economic Efficiency: What is a Market Failure?; Public Goods; Common Resources; Monopoly Power; Externalities; Asymmetric Information; Failure to Optimize; How Do Taxes Affect Economic Efficiency?; Balancing Economic Efficiency With Other Goals; (4) Effect of the Gov¿t. on Economic Growth: Effect of Spending, Transfers, Taxes, and Regulation. Charts and tables.
Author | : Pierre-Richard Agénor |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0691155801 |
Laying a solid foundation of economic facts and ideas, this book provides a comprehensive look at the critical role of public capital in development.
Author | : Alfred Greiner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
This paper studies growth and welfare effects of fiscal policy in an endogenous growth model with productive public capital where we consider both distortionary and non-distortionary taxation in the model simultaneously. Analyzing the model it is assumed that the economy originally is on the balanced growth path when the government changes its fiscal parameters. The paper then studies growth and welfare effects of varying fiscal parameters both for the balanced growth path as well as for the economy on the transition path. It is demonstrated that the long-run effects may be different from effects on the transition path. Further, economic conditions explaining the results are presented.
Author | : Mr.Vito Tanzi |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1996-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This paper discusses in a systematic and comprehensive way the existing literature on the relationship between the growth of countries’ economies and various public finance instruments, such as tax policy, expenditure policy, and overall budgetary policy, from the perspectives of allocative efficiency, macroeconomic stability, and income distribution. It reviews both the conceptual linkages between each of the instruments and growth and the empirical evidence on such relationships. It broadly concludes that fiscal policy could play a fundamental role in affecting the long-run growth performance of countries.