A Fiscal Stimulus and Jobless Recovery

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2014
Volume: 116
Issue: 3
Pages: 669-701

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We analyze the effects of a government-spending expansion in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with Mortensen–Pissarides labor-market frictions, deep habits in private and public consumption, investment adjustment costs, a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function, and adjustments in employment at both intensive and extensive margins. The combination of deep habits and CES technology is crucial. The presence of deep habits magnifies the responses of macroeconomic variables to a fiscal stimulus, while an elasticity of substitution between capital and labor in the range of available estimates allows the model to produce a scenario compatible with the observed jobless recovery.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:116:y:2014:i:3:p:669-701
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25