The 'German View' and Consumption Booms: Empirical Evidence from Denmark

U. Michael Bergman () and Michael Hutchison
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U. Michael Bergman: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden

No 1999:3, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We develop an alternative test of the `German view' - that a reduction in government consumption may lead to an immediate private consumption boom - derived from an open-economy permanent income model. In our empirical study we find, in accordance with the `German view', that an anticipated permanent reduction of government consumption is associated with a strong short-run (and permanent) increase in private consumption. However, the Danish experience following the fiscal contraction in 1982 suggest that this was not a dominant factor behind the private consumption boom. Our evidence shows instead that other factors increasing permanent income, including a substantial terms-of-trade improvement, were much more important.

Keywords: Expansionary fiscal contraction; German view; consumption booms; structural shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 E62 E65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 1999-03-15
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