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FISCAL MULTIPLIERS IN A MONETARY UNION UNDER THE ZERO–LOWER–BOUND CONSTRAINT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2014

Stefanie Flotho
Stefanie Flotho*
Affiliation:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
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Address correspondence to: Stefanie Flotho, Institut für allgemeine Wirtschaftsforschung, Abt. Wirtschaftstheorie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany; e-mail: stefanie.flotho@vwl.uni-freiburg.de.
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Abstract

This paper analyzes government spending multipliers in a two-country model of a monetary union with price stickiness and home bias in consumption where monetary policy is constrained by the zero lower bound (ZLB) on the nominal interest rate. Government spending multipliers under this constraint are computed and compared with fiscal multipliers in normal times, that is, where the central bank sets the nominal interest rate via a Taylor rule. The trade elasticity and the parameter measuring home bias in consumption play an important role in determining the size of the multiplier. The multipliers are not necessarily large under the ZLB constraint. However, compared with the fiscal multipliers when the central bank sets the nominal interest rate according to a Taylor rule, the multipliers under the ZLB are bigger. Moreover, the persistence parameter of the binding ZLB plays a crucial role.

Keywords

Fiscal MultipliersMonetary UnionSpilloversZero Lower Bound on Nominal Interest Rates
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Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 19 , Special Issue 6: Growth, Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and Financial Frictions , September 2015 , pp. 1171 - 1194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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