Cyclical Effects of the Composition of Government Purchases

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Jahangir Aziz

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Asia and Pacific Department

Luc Leruth

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Date Written: February 1997

Abstract

This paper constructs a general equilibrium model with monopolistically competitive firms and endogenous markups where government spending consists of both consumption and investment goods. It is shown that when markups are countercyclical, increases in the share of investment goods in aggregate government expenditure entail a trade-off between greater long- run efficiency and higher short-run volatility. Estimates based on the model, calibrated to the postwar U.S. economy, show that the effects on output, employment, and welfare can be significant

JEL Classification: D43, D58, E32, H50

Suggested Citation

Aziz, Jahangir and Leruth, Luc, Cyclical Effects of the Composition of Government Purchases (February 1997). IMF Working Paper No. 97/19, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=882245

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Luc Leruth

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

700 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20431
United States

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