Affiliation:
1. Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley (email: )
2. Darden School of Business, University of Virginia (email: )
Abstract
Credit markets typically freeze in recessions: access to credit declines, and the cost of credit increases. A conventional policy response is to rely on monetary tools to saturate financial markets with liquidity. Given limited space for monetary policy in the current economic conditions, we study how fiscal stimulus can influence local credit markets. Using rich geographical variation in US federal government contracts, we document that, in a local economy, interest rates on consumer loans decrease in response to an expansionary government spending shock.
Publisher
American Economic Association
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9 articles.
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