Did the American recovery and reinvestment act help counties most affected by the great recession?

Mario Crucini () and Nam Vu

CAMA Working Papers from Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: One of the statements of purpose of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was “to assist those most impacted by the recession.” To consider this facet, the ARRA is assessed along this dimension using the concept of risk-sharing. We estimate a trend-stationary autoregressive model of county-level wage income dynamics with each county subject to an idiosyncratic shock and a common shock (with county-specific factor loading). These shocks are used to estimate a redistributive fiscal policy function. The fiscal-offset is 33.6% for the common shock and 6.64% for the county-specific shock. Both of these fiscal policy parameters are statistically and economically significant.

Keywords: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; fiscal stimulus; risk-sharing; county-level wage income; income dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E0 E6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 65 pages
Date: 2019-08
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Journal Article: Did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Help Counties Most Affected by the Great Recession? (2021)
Working Paper: Did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Help Counties Most Affected by the Great Recession? (2017)
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