Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs Federal Reserve Board , Washington , D . C . Revisiting the Supply-Side Effects of Government Spending
Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs Federal Reserve Board , Washington , D . C . Revisiting the Supply-Side Effects of Government Spending
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Vasia Panousi
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Vasia Panousi
We revisit the macroeconomic effects of government consumption in the neoclassical growth model when agents face uninsured idiosyncratic investment risk. Under complete markets, a permanent increase in government consumption has no long-run effect on the interest rate and the capital-labor ratio, while it increases hours due to the negative wealth effect. These results are upset once we allow for incomplete markets. The same negative wealth effect now causes a reduction in risk taking and the demand for investment. This leads to a lower risk-free rate and, under certain conditions, also to a lower capital-labor ratio, and lower productivity. JEL codes: E13, E62.