The Fiscal Multiplier in a Liquidity‐Constrained New Keynesian Economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Engin Kara ◽  
Jasmin Sin
Keyword(s):  
New Keynesian ◽  
Fiscal Multiplier

Fiskalpolitik und Finanzmärkte: Perspektiven für Forschung und Wirtschaftspolitik

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 13-35
Author(s):  
Gernot Müller
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
New Keynesian ◽  
Sovereign Risk ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Fiscal Multiplier ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

AbstractThe conduct of fiscal policy has been altered considerably in the context of the global financial crisis, that is, at times when financial markets conditions were extraordinary turbulent. Yet financial market conditions determine how fiscal impulses are transmitted through the economy and, eventually, the size of the fiscal multiplier. I develop a comprehensive perspective on how financial market conditions alter the effects of fiscal policy on economic activity within a New Keynesian framework. Drawing on historical as well as systematic considerations, I distinguish a scenario of 1) “normal times” characterized by smoothly operating financial markets, 2) financial markets characterized by tight credit conditions in the private sector and constraints on monetary policy and 3) financial markets, in addition, characterized by high sovereign risk. I argue that the size and even the sign of the multiplier may differ across these scenarios.

A NOTE ON THE SLOPE OF THE AGGREGATE DEMAND CURVE AT THE ZERO LOWER BOUND

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Yangyang Ji ◽  
Wei Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Regime Switching ◽  
Demand Curve ◽  
Aggregate Demand ◽  
New Keynesian ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Zero Lower Bound ◽  
New Keynesian Model ◽  
Fiscal Multiplier ◽  
Keynesian Model

This paper analyzes a regime-switching New Keynesian model to understand what happens to the aggregate economy when the nominal interest rate hits the zero lower bound (ZLB). Contrary to the literature, our model predicts that the aggregate demand curve is not always upward sloping when the ZLB binds. Instead, it depends on expectations. If the expected duration of the ZLB is short but consistent with expectations surveys, the AD curve can be downward sloping. In that case, the fiscal multiplier is moderate and supply-side reforms are expansionary. These results complement existing findings in the literature.

A New Keynesian Workbook

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel S. Kapinos
Keyword(s):  
New Keynesian

scholarly journals On the Limits of Macroprudential Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Kolasa
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
New Keynesian ◽  
Output Volatility ◽  
Macroprudential Policy ◽  
Collateral Constraints ◽  
Keynesian Model ◽  
Additional Stabilization ◽  
The Interest Rate

AbstractThis paper studies how macroprudential policy tools applied to the housing market can complement the interest rate-based monetary policy in achieving one additional stabilization objective, defined as keeping either economic activity or credit at some exogenous (and possibly time-varying) levels. We show analytically in a canonical New Keynesian model with housing and collateral constraints that using the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio, tax on credit or tax on property as additional policy instruments does not resolve the inflation-output volatility tradeoff. Perfect targeting of inflation and credit with monetary and macroprudential policy is possible only if the role of housing debt in the economy is sufficiently small. The identified limits to the considered policies are related to their predominantly intertemporal impact on decisions made by financially constrained agents, making them poor complements to monetary policy, which also operates at an intertemporal margin. These limits can be overcome if macroprudential policy is instead designed such that it sufficiently redistributes income between savers and borrowers.

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