Beetsma, R. and Giuliodori, M. (2011). The effects of government purchases shocks: Review and estimates for the EU Economic Journal, 121(550):F4--F32.
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Affiliated authorsRoel Beetsma, Massimo Giuliodori
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Publication year2011
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JournalEconomic Journal
In this article, we review the theoretical consequences of government purchases shocks for both closed and open economies, followed by a discussion of the empirical literature. Next, we provide our own estimates for the EU countries. We find that an increase in government purchases raises output, consumption and investment and reduces the trade balance. However, the stimulating effect is weaker and the trade balance reduction is larger for the more open EU economies, consistent with larger leakage effects. Further, we show that government purchases shocks in large EU economies have non-negligible consequences for economic activity in the main trading partners.