Author:
AISBETT EMMA,BRUECKNER MARKUS,STEINHAUSER RALF,WILCOX RHETT
Abstract
AbstractIn 2009, the Australian Government delivered approximately $8 billion in direct payments to households. These payments were randomly allocated over a 5‐week period. Panel model estimates show that for the average household, there was no significant disbursement effect on nondurable consumption. Only for relatively young and low‐income households, for example, at the bottom 10th percentile of each, was there a significant positive effect of the tax bonus payment on nondurable consumption. We argue the null findings on average could be due to macroeconomic and institutional differences leaving Australian households less constrained than their U.S. counterparts.
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,Finance,Accounting
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