Affiliation:
1. University of California, Berkeley and NBER (email: )
2. Darden School of Business, University of Virginia (email: )
Abstract
How do demand shocks affect the economy? We exploit detailed data on US defense spending to examine a large set of outcome variables in response to well-identified local demand shocks, jointly examining new outcomes (e.g., firm entry and housing rents) and other key macroeconomic outcomes and elasticities that previously have been estimated separately or in settings with weaker identification. We find that government spending crowds in employment, firm entry, private consumption, and labor productivity while also increasing local housing rents. To reconcile the evidence with theory, we study a model of economic slack. (JEL E12, E21, E24, E25, H56, L11, R31)
Publisher
American Economic Association
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