Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44463 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-018
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper considers the implications of complementarity in private production and constraints on government for optimal fiscal policy. Using an endogenous growth model with public finance, it derives three central results which modify findings in the literature under standard assumptions. First, it shows that optimal public spending composition and taxation are interrelated so that first- and second-best fiscal policies differ. Second, it shows that the growth-maximizing fiscal policy is affected by preference parameters. Third, it shows that with budget rigidities and informational limitations, knowledge about the optimal fiscal policy parameter values is not necessary for growth-enhancing fiscal policy adjustments.
Subjects: 
Imperfect Knowledge
Economic Growth
Productive Public Spending
Optimal Fiscal Policy
JEL: 
E62
H21
H50
O40
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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