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9 publications found, searching for 'David Alan Aschauer '

• Public Policy Brief No. 43
  September 05, 1998

  How Big Should the Public Capital Stock Be?

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  Investment in infrastructure is necessary for a strong, flexible, and growing economy. However, the relationship between public capital and economic growth is not linear. At a certain level, the tax…more

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• Working Paper No. 241
  July 01, 1998

  Optimal Financing by Money and Taxes of Productive and Unproductive Government Spending

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  This paper contains an investigation of the effects of different means of financing government spending on economic growth, inflation, and welfare. In this setting, two different types of government spending…more

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• Working Paper No. 233
  April 01, 1998

  Public Capital and Economic Growth

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  Empirical research largely suggests that there is a positive role for public capital and a negative role for taxation and debt, and the effectiveness of public capital depends critically on…more

• Policy Note No. 2
  February 01, 1998

  How Should the Surpluses Be Spent?

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  The federal budget deficit is disappearing; some shadows linger, but the latest Congressional Budget Office projections put the government budget in deficit by only $5 billion in fiscal year 1998,…more

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• Working Paper No. 196
  July 01, 1997

  Skiki vono ko shtuvalo?

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  After the collapse of the Soviet bloc many of the transition economies experienced significant inflation, largely because their new monetary authorities and undeveloped tax infrastructure induced them to resort to…more

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• Working Paper No. 191
  April 01, 1997

  Dynamic Output and Employment Effects of Public Capital

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  Studies that have examined the effect of public spending on economic growth have reported esmates for the marginal product of public capital that are well in excess of, equal to,…more

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• Working Paper No. 190
  April 01, 1997

  Output and Employment Effects of Public Capital

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  Studies that have examined the effect of public spending on economic growth have reported esmates for the marginal product of public capital that are well in excess of, equal to,…more

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• Working Paper No. 189
  April 01, 1997

  Do States Optimize?

  David Alan Aschauer
  Abstract

  Studies that have examined the effect of public spending on economic growth have reported esmates for the marginal product of public capital that are well in excess of, equal to,…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 4
  March 03, 1993

  Public Infrastructure Investment: A Bridge to Productivity Growth?

  David Alan Aschauer and Douglas Holtz-Eakin
  Abstract

  This brief presents contrasting views on the effects of public infrastructure investment on private sector productivity. David Alan Aschauer states that the slower rate of productivity growth since the early…more

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