Reasons for the U.S. growth period in the nineties: non-keynesian effects, asset wealth and productivity

Anton Burger

No 95, Department of Economics Working Paper Series from WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Abstract: This paper investigates several possible reasons for the exceptional period of growth in the nineties in the US.. These years can be characterised as a case of an expansionary fiscal consolidation as strong growth and structural surpluses were observed. Five different channels, the literature suggests for relationships between government spending and consumption are investigated. There are hints that the economy did not work in a Keynesian way but there is no proof of the existence of a Non-Keynesian effect. Expectational effects could not be separated empirically from asset wealth. Whereas standard consumption estimations failed, a model adding a factor containing asset wealth and expectations was finally able to explain consumption from 1996 onwards. This has important implications for policy. Moreover, compositional effects were found to be important. The two main findings of the paper, namely an asset wealth/expectations effect and compositional effects support the interpretation of a positive link between public savings, asset values and growth. (author's abstract)

Keywords: fiscal policy; non-keynesian effects; budget consolidation; consumption; asset wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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