Title:

The Effect of Government Spending on the Debt-to-GDP Ratio: Some Keynesian Arithmetic

Author:

Pedro Leão (UTL, ISEG, UTL)

Journal:

Metroeconomica

Year:

2013

Volume:

64

Pages:

448-465

JEL codes:

E23 - Production
E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation)
E52 - Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects)
E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation
H63 - Debt; Debt Management