Government Spending and the Taylor Principle

Gisle Natvik

No 2006/11, Working Paper from Norges Bank

Abstract: This paper explores how government size affects the scope for equilibrium indeterminacy in a New Keynesian economy where part of the population live hand-to-mouth. I find that in this framework, a larger public sector may widen the scope for self-fulfilling prophecies to occur. This takes place even though taxes serve to reduce swings in current income. In general, government provision of goods that are Edgeworth substitutes for private consumption tend to narrow the scope for indeterminacy, while government goods that are Edgeworth complements for private consumption increase the problem of indeterminacy. Hence monetary policy should be conducted with an eye to the amount and composition of government consumption.

Keywords: Public expenditures; Taylor principle; Fiscal policy rules; Rule-of-thumb consumers. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 E52 E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2006-12-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-mac, nep-mon and nep-pbe
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