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LEARNING AND THE SIZE OF THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING MULTIPLIER – ERRATUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2018

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Table 4 of this article was incorrectly published with subheadings in Table 4 missing. The publisher regrets this error and the correct version of Table 4 is presented here. Table 4.

Present-value multipliers for different specifications of fiscal policy in the new Keynesian model with rational expectations and with adaptive learning

Rational expectationsAdaptive learning
Impact1 year4 years6 yearsImpact1 year4 years6 years
Strategy 1: Lump-sum financing (baseline model)
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta Y} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$0.510.500.460.431.011.000.990.97
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta C} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−0.29−0.30−0.34−0.370.090.090.070.06
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta I} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−0.20−0.20−0.20−0.20−0.08−0.08−0.09−0.09
Strategy 2: Capital tax financing
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta Y} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$0.320.290.120.020.430.380.200.08
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta C} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−0.23−0.26−0.40−0.48−0.08−0.12−0.27−0.37
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta I} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−0.68−0.69−0.70−0.71−0.80−0.80−0.81−0.82
Strategy 3: Labor tax financing
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta Y} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−0.64−0.68−0.85−0.950.480.470.430.40
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta C} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−1.07−1.10−1.24−1.33−0.37−0.38−0.41−0.43
$\frac{{PV\left( {\Delta I} \right)}}{{PV\left( {\Delta G} \right)}}\$−0.71−0.71−0.73−0.74−0.17−0.18−0.18−0.18

Note: See main text for a description of the different financing strategies.

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Quaghebeur, E. (2018) Learning and the size of the government spending multiplier. Macroeconomic Dynamics 2018. doi: 10.1017/S1365100518000019CrossRefGoogle Scholar