Crowding Out Fiscal Stimulus Testing the Effectiveness of US Government Stimulus Programs /

This book presents overwhelming evidence that US government stimulus programs over the past fifty years have not worked. Using the best and most modern econometric testing models, it applies 228 separate hard science tests to examine the effects of different stimulus models that should, in theory, h...

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Main Author: Heim, John J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45967-7
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theory of Crowd Out
  • 3. Literature Review
  • 4. Methodology
  • 5. Test Results: Consumer Spending and Borrowing Models (1 Variable Deficit)
  • 6. Test Results: Investment Spending and Borrowing Models (1 Variable Deficit)
  • 7. Test Results: Consumer Spending and Borrowing Models (2 Variable Deficit)
  • 8. Test Results: Investment Spending and Borrowing Models (2 Variable Deficit)
  • 9. Are Findings of 1 and 2 Variable Consumer and Investment Deficit Models Consistent?
  • 10. Effects of Stimulus Programs on GDP, Net of Crowd Out Effects
  • 11. Dynamic Effects
  • 12. Alternatives to Financing Stimulus Programs with Domestic Borrowing
  • 13. A Note on the Disposable Income Variable in the Consumption Models
  • 14. Do Crowd Out Effects Differ in Recessions and Nonrecession Periods?
  • 15. Does the Gale/Orszag Hypothesis Explain Tax and Spending Effects Better in Recession than Nonrecession Periods?
  • 16. Summary of Findings and Conclusions.