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State-level Federal Stimulus Funds and Economic Growth: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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  • Klaas Staal

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act encompassed a substantial federally-funded state-level fiscal stimulus. The objectives of the Act were to increase employment and stimulate economic growth. While the level of the fiscal stimulus was potentially endogenous, a direct analysis of its effects leads to biased results. To circumvent this, the effect of the stimulus on economic growth was studied using instrumental variable estimation, since the distribution of a large part of the funds was based on conditions exogenous to the economic downturn. A cross-state two-stage least squares estimation procedure was used to quantify the effect of the stimulus on economic growth and to show that the robust significant positive effect of the stimulus amounts to a fiscal multiplier of almost 1.6. The results further show that the positive effect of stimulus spending remained significant until the end of the first term of the Obama presidency.

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  • Klaas Staal, 2020. "State-level Federal Stimulus Funds and Economic Growth: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 26(1), pages 33-43, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:iaecre:v:26:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s11294-020-09772-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11294-020-09772-6
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    Keywords

    American recovery and reinvestment act; State fiscal relief; Endogeneity; Economic growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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