Latest documents http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/index/index/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:05:32 +0200 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:05:32 +0200 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6849 Renewed interest in fiscal policy has increased the use of quantitative models to evaluate policy. Because of modeling uncertainty, it is essential that policy evaluations be robust to alternative assumptions. We find that models currently being used in practice to evaluate fiscal policy stimulus proposals are not robust. Government spending multipliers in an alternative empirically-estimated and widely-cited new Keynesian model are much smaller than in these old Keynesian models; the estimated stimulus is extremely small with GDP and employment effects only one-sixth as large. JEL-Classifications: C52, E62 Keywords: Fiscal Multiplier, New Keynesian Model, Fiscal Stimulus, Government Spending, Macroeconomic Modeling. John F. Cogan; Tobias J. Cwik; John B. Taylor; Volker Wieland workingpaper http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6849 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:05:32 +0200