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Government spending multipliers and financial fragility in Italy

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  • Frangiamore, Francesco
  • Matarrese, Marco Maria

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This study investigates the government spending multipliers for Italy conditional on the level of financial fragility, addressing the gap in the literature on fiscal policy effectiveness under varying financial conditions. Using data from Istat and Bank of Italy's database covering 1999Q1-2019Q4, we employ the Interacted-VAR to examine the hypothesis that multipliers are higher during periods of high financial fragility. Our analysis reveals that greater multipliers and more crowding-in of private consumption occur during periods of high financial fragility, where the pronounced economic effects of government spending shocks also contribute to a loosening of household budget constraints. Indeed, the employment rate and real wages increase more during periods of high financial fragility. These findings offer new insights into the effectiveness of fiscal policy during financial stress and provide implications suggesting that financial fragility levels are a key factor in shaping the effects of fiscal policy.

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  • Frangiamore, Francesco & Matarrese, Marco Maria, 2025. "Government spending multipliers and financial fragility in Italy," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:145:y:2025:i:c:s0264999325000070
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107012
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    Keywords

    Government spending shocks; Multipliers; Financial fragility; Interacted VAR; Generalized impulse response functions;
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    JEL classification:

    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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