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Optimal fiscal policy, public capital, and the productivity slowdown

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Steven P. Cassou
Kevin J. Lansing

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A presentation of a quantitative-theoretical model that can account for much of the behavior of the stock of public capital in the U.S. economy over the last 70 years, with an application to examining some possible causes of the slowdown in the growth of U.S. labor productivity.

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Keywords: Capital ; Fiscal policy ; Labor productivity;

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  1. Javier Andrés & Rafael Doménech, 2003. "Automatic stabilizers, fiscal rules and macroeconomic stability," Banco de España Working Papers 0314, Banco de España. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Marina Azzimonti-Renzo & Pierre-Daniel G. Sarte & Jorge Soares, 2003. "Optimal public investment with and without government commitment," Working Paper 03-10, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. [Downloadable!]
  3. Vicente Esteve, 2004. "Política fiscal y productividad del trabajo en la economía española: un análisis de series temporales," Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review, Ilades-Georgetown University, Economics Department, vol. 19(1), pages 3-29, June. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Steve Cassou & Arantza Gorostiaga & María José Gutiérrez & Stephen Hamilton, 2006. "Second-best tax policy in a growing economy with externalities," DFAEII Working Papers 200603, University of the Basque Country - Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Steven P. Cassou & Arantza Gorostiaga, 2007. "Optimal fiscal policy in a multisector model with minimum expenditure requirements," DFAEII Working Papers 200701, University of the Basque Country - Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II. [Downloadable!]
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  18. Stephen P. Cassou & Kevin J. Lansing, 2002. "Growth effects of shifting from a progressive tax system to a flat tax," Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory 2000-15, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. [Downloadable!]
  19. Gerhard Glomm & Juergen Jung & Changmin Lee & Chung Tran, 2009. "Public Sector Pension Policies and Capital Accumulation in Emerging Economies," Discussion Papers 2009-10, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales. [Downloadable!]
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