Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200405 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 19-025
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
The "true" size of fiscal multipliers is widely debated by economists and policy makers as large (small) multipliers provide arguments to expand (cut) public spending. Within a meta-analytical framework, we ask whether the large observed variance in multiplier estimates can be explained by the national imprint and various author incentives. For this purpose, we use data on economists' personal characteristics including results from a selfconducted author survey. Our evidence is consistent with the hypotheses that the national background of researchers and the interests of donors financing the research matter for the degree and direction of multiplier estimates. These potential biases largely disappear for teams of international co-authors.
Subjects: 
biased research
fiscal multipliers
funding bias
publication bias
JEL: 
B4
D72
E62
H11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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