A Note on the Relationship Between the Cyclicality of Markups and Fiscal Policy

Fecha de publicación

2014-10-10T08:33:17Z

2014-10-10T08:33:17Z

2012

2014-10-10T08:33:18Z

Resumen

We demonstrate that the cyclical behaviour of markups is related to the cyclical behaviour of government spending. For plausible parameter assumptions, pro-cyclical spending results in less counter-cyclical mark-ups. Evidence for thirteen OECD countries confirms a weak version of this hypothesis.

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Documento de trabajo

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Inglés

Publicado por

Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública

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Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2012/201215.pdf

IREA – Working Papers, 2012, IR12/15

AQR – Working Papers, 2012, AQR12/08

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[WP E-IR12/15]

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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Claeys et al., 2012

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