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Ricardian equivalence and the intertemporal Keynesian multiplier

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  • Jean-Pascal Bénassy

    (CEPREMAP - Centre pour la recherche économique et ses applications - ECO ENS-PSL - Département d'économie de l'ENS-PSL - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, PJSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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We show that Keynesian multiplier effects can be obtained in dynamic optimizing models if one combines both price rigidities and a "non Ricardian" framework where, due for example to the birth of new agents, Ricardian equivalence does not hold.

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  • Jean-Pascal Bénassy, 2006. "Ricardian equivalence and the intertemporal Keynesian multiplier," PSE Working Papers halshs-00590509, HAL.
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