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Economics 2 Professor Christina Romer Spring 2020 Professor David Romer
LECTURE 21
FISCAL POLICY
April 14, 2020
I. REVIEW OF THE KEYNESIAN CROSS DIAGRAM
A. Determination of output in the short run
B. What causes short-run fluctuations?
C. Another example of a shift in the expenditure line: A rise in animal spirits
D. Other factors that shift the expenditure line
II. FISCAL POLICY IN THEORY
A. Definitions
B. Example: A tax cut
1. How does a tax cut affect PAE?
2. Effects on output in the short run
C. Countercyclical fiscal policy
III. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF FISCAL POLICY: DISCUSSION OF THE ROMER AND ROMER PAPER
A. The difficulty in estimating the effect of tax changes on output
B. Romer and Romer’s approach
C. Empirical estimates of the macroeconomic effects of tax changes
D. Evaluation
IV. CASE STUDY: THE 2008 RECESSION AND THE FISCAL POLICY RESPONSE
A. Causes of the 2008 recession
B. Issues in designing a fiscal stimulus program
C. Estimates of the effect of the 2009 Recovery Act
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LECTURE 21Fiscal Policy
April 14, 2020
Economics 2 Christina RomerSpring 2020 David Romer
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Announcements
• We have handed out Problem Set 5, Part 1.
• It is due at 2 p.m. PDT on Thursday, April 16th.
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I. REVIEW OF THE KEYNESIAN CROSS DIAGRAM
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Determination of Short-Run Output
• Equilibrium condition:
Y = PAE
• Y is output and PAE is planned aggregate expenditure.
• Output responds to demand in the short run.
• Referred to as the 45-degree line.
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Determination of Short-Run Output
Y
PAE Y=PAE
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Determination of Short-Run Output (Continued)
• Planned spending is a function of output:
PAE = C + Ip + G + NX
• Where C depends on positively on Y, so PAE also depends positively on Y.
• Referred to as the expenditure line.
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Determination of Short-Run Output
Y
PAE
PAE
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Determination of Short-Run Output (Continued)
• Short-run output is determined by the intersection of the 45-degree line and the expenditure line.
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Determination of Short-Run Output
Y
PAE
PAE Y=PAE
Y1Sometimes called the “Keynesian Cross” diagram.
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What Causes Short-Run Fluctuations?
• Anything that shifts the expenditure line will cause output to change in the short run.
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Example: A Rise in Animal Spirits
• Suppose that something causes firms throughout the economy to raise their expectations of the future MRPK.
• This will make firms want to do more investment.
• This will shift up the expenditure line.
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A Rise in Animal Spirits
Y
PAE1
PAE Y=PAE
Y*
PAE2
Y2
The rise in Y is larger than the initial increase in PAE because of the multiplier effect.
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What Shifts the Expenditure Line?
• A change in autonomous consumption (consumer confidence, wealth, uncertainty).
• A change in firm’s expectations of future MRPK(animal spirits).
• A change in the real interest rate.
• A change in taxes or government purchases.
• A change in net exports.
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Two Types of Macroeconomic Policy
• Fiscal policy: Actions taken by the government to change the budget surplus.
• Monetary policy: Actions taken by the central bank to affect nominal and real interest rates.
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II. FISCAL POLICY IN THEORY
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Fiscal Policy Terminology
• Government budget surplus:
• Tax revenues − Government purchases (T−G)
• Contractionary fiscal policy: Actions that increase the government budget surplus.
• Will decrease PAE at a given level of Y.
• Expansionary fiscal policy: Actions that decrease the government budget surplus.
• Will increase PAE at a given level of Y.
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Federal Budget Surplus and the Bush Tax Cuts
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
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Short-Run Effects of a Tax Cut
Y
PAE1
PAE Y=PAE
Y1
PAE2
Y2(Y*)
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Substituting the Consumption Function into PAE
C = C + c·(Y−T)
PAE = C + Ip + G + NX
= C + c·(Y−T) + Ip + G + NX
= C + cY – cT + Ip + G + NX
= (C – cT + Ip + G + NX) + cY
PAE Intercept Term
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Combining the Effects of a Fall in Autonomous Consumption and a Tax Cut
Y
PAE1,PAE3
PAE Y=PAE
Y*
PAE2
PAE shifts down (to PAE2) because of the fall in autonomous consumption.
PAE shifts back up (to PAE3) because of the tax cut.
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Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
• Deliberate changes in the budget surplus (through changes in taxes or government purchases) to try to counteract other factors likely to cause a short-run fluctuation.
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III. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF FISCALPOLICY: DISCUSSION OF THE ROMER AND ROMER PAPER
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Difficulty in Estimating the Effect of Tax Changes
• Some tax cuts are taken because output is falling.
• Would not expect output to rise following these tax cuts.
• This is an example of omitted variable bias.
• A third variable (whatever is causing the recession) is driving both output and tax changes.
• Positive effects of tax cuts will be underestimated.
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How do Romer and Romer try to deal with this difficulty?
• Identify the motivation for the tax changes using narrative sources.
• Read Congressional reports, Presidential speeches, Economic Report of the President.
• Then limit the statistical analysis only to tax changes not taken in response to the state of the economy.
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Exogenous Tax Changes
Source: Romer and Romer, “The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes.”
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Specification
• ΔY is the percentage change in real GDP.
• ΔT is the new measure of exogenous tax changes (as a percent of GDP).
• The regression estimates the relationship between output growth and the contemporaneous and lagged values of tax changes.
• We expect a negative relationship.
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Source: Romer and Romer, “The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes.”
Estimated Impact of a Tax Cut of 1% of GDP on Real GDP
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Evaluation
• Do you trust the narrative sources?
• Is narrative analysis reproducible?
• Does this approach deal with omitted variable bias successfully?
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IV. CASE STUDY: THE 2008 RECESSION AND THEFISCAL POLICY RESPONSE
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House Prices, 1987–2015
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED.
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Effects of the Housing Bubble
• Increased both Ip and C, so raised PAE relative to what it otherwise would have been.
• Some debate among economists about whether this increase in PAE counteracted other forces lowering PAE, or pushed Y above Y*.
• Large increase in household debt.
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U.S. Household Debt
Source: Mian and Sufi, “Consumers and the Economy, Part II: Household Debt and the Weak U.S. Recovery.”
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What happened when the bubble burst?
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Single-Family Housing Starts
Source: Economic Report of the President, February 2010.
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Real Personal Consumption Expenditures
Source: FRED, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
November 2007
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Source: http://www.housingviews.com.
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Credit Spreads during the Financial Crisis
Source: Economic Report of the President, February 2010.
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Stock Prices during the Financial Crisis
Source: Economic Report of the President, February 2010.
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What happened to PAE in 2008?
• Decline in investment (particularly in housing)• Housing bust reduced expected future MRPK
of housing (which is a kind of capital).• Financial crisis hurt animal spirits and made it
hard for firms to get credit.
• Decline in consumption• Housing bust and stock market decline
destroyed wealth.• Financial crisis hurt consumer confidence and
made it hard for households to get credit.
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Effect of the Housing Bust and the Financial Crisis on Output
Y
PAE1
PAE Y=PAE
Y*
PAE2
Y2
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Percentage Change in Real GDP
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED
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Issues in Designing the 2009 Fiscal Stimulus
• How big should it be?
• Need an estimate of how much PAE has shifted down.
• Or, alternatively, how much Y would fall (and unemployment would rise) as a result of the decline in PAE.
• Forecasts were much too optimistic early in the recession.
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Issues in Designing the 2009 Fiscal Stimulus
• What should the composition be?
• Different types of stimulus have different effects on PAE.
• $100 billion increase in G will increase PAE by $100 billion; $100 billion of tax cuts will increase PAE by MPC·$100 billion.
• Different types of stimulus affect the economy with different speeds.
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Fiscal Stimulus in the Recovery Act through August 2009
Source: CEA, “The Economic Impact of the ARRA of 2009, First Quarterly Report.”
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Issues in Designing the 2009 Fiscal Stimulus
• How long should it last?
• Need a forecast of how long PAE will be depressed.
• If PAE will be low for more than a year, fiscal stimulus needs to last for more than a year as well.
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Effect of the Recovery Act on Output
Y
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Y*
PAE2
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PAE3
Y3
PAE shifts down (to PAE2) because of the housing bust and the financial crisis.
PAE shifts up (to PAE3) because of the Recovery Act.
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Estimates of the Impact of the Recovery Act
Source: CBO, “Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output,” February 2011.