Does uncertainty matter for the fiscal consolidation and investment nexus?

Ioannis Bournakis and Nelson R. Ramírez-Rondán

No 195, Working Papers from Peruvian Economic Association

Abstract: The paper searches for non-linearities in the relationship between fiscal consolidation and investment. To understand this nexus, we consider the broader state of the economy as this is represented by the degree of uncertainty. Based on a sample of 27 OECD countries over the period 1996-2019, we identify low and high uncertainty regimes within which the nature of the relationship between fiscal policy and investment differs substantially. In the low uncertainty regime, fiscal tightening has an irrelevant effect on investment; whereas, in the high uncertainty regime, this impact is negative and is three times larger than in the low uncertainty regime. Our findings maintain a robust pattern of this relationship through a series of sensitivity tests.

Keywords: Fiscal policy; real sector; threshold model; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-07
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