http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/ Economics Blog - current events and economics essays Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/comment-page-1/#comment-4331 Is Government Spending Contractionary? « The View From LL2 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:20:13 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/#comment-4331 [...] spending actually crowds out private consumption and investment.  (Learn more about crowding out here or see one form of crowding out at right.)  A new NBER paper [subscription required] by Harvard [...] [...] spending actually crowds out private consumption and investment.  (Learn more about crowding out here or see one form of crowding out at right.)  A new NBER paper [subscription required] by Harvard [...]

]]> http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 anonymous Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:16:53 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/#comment-2082 However, financial crowding out may not necessarily lead to higher interest rates. This is because governments may not need to entice the private sector to lend to it because often it is safer to invest or lend to the government that to invest or lend to a private sector company. As a result, the government need not increase interest rates in order to make the private sector lend to it. However, financial crowding out may not necessarily lead to higher interest rates. This is because governments may not need to entice the private sector to lend to it because often it is safer to invest or lend to the government that to invest or lend to a private sector company. As a result, the government need not increase interest rates in order to make the private sector lend to it.

]]> http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Economics of the 1970s — Economics Blog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:18:38 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readers-questions/fiscal-spending-and-crowding-out/#comment-1211 [...] expansion does very little to boost real GDP in the long run. They will argue that it mainly causes crowding out and rising inflation expectations. Keynesians however, argue that a fiscal expansion does help [...] [...] expansion does very little to boost real GDP in the long run. They will argue that it mainly causes crowding out and rising inflation expectations. Keynesians however, argue that a fiscal expansion does help [...]

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