Effectiveness of Government Intervention under Income Inequality

Effectiveness of Government Intervention under Income Inequality

Autoři:Michal Hlaváček
Ilgar Ismayilov
Publikováno v:IES Working Papers 18/2025
Klíčová slova:Fiscal Policy, Economic Inequality, DSGE Models, Fiscal Multiplier, Heterogeneous Agents
JEL kódy:E62, D31, E21, C68
Citace:Hlaváček M., Ismayilov I. (2025): " Effectiveness of Government Intervention under Income Inequality " IES Working Papers 18/2025. IES FSV. Charles University.
Abstrakt:

This study examines how economic inequality influences the effectiveness of fiscal policy using a three-agent New Keynesian DSGE model with incomplete financial markets. The findings suggest that economies with a high share of liquidity-constrained households exhibit larger fiscal multipliers due to their higher marginal propensity to consume. Households respond differently to fiscal stimulus due to variations in their propensity to consume and ability to smooth consumption. Additionally, house prices exhibit a temporary decline in response to fiscal stimulus within the modeled framework. Sensitivity analyses show that factors such as loan-to-value ratios, household composition, and housing preferences significantly alter the fiscal multiplier, emphasizing the need to consider inequality in macroeconomic policy design.

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