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The Balanced Budget Multiplier and Labour Intensity in Home Production

Received: 14 January 2015     Accepted: 17 January 2015     Published: 27 February 2015
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Abstract

This paper shows that the labour intensity of home production of a final consumption good affects national income and income multiplier effects of public expenditure financed by taxation. A reduction in labour intensity increases the level of national income but decreases the magnitude of the balanced budget multiplier effect. This result holds whether the tax instrument is distortionary or non-distortionary. It follows that the recent diffusion of labour-saving innovations such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners may have the effect of decreasing the effectiveness of fiscal policy.

Published in International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 3, Issue 2-1)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments of Economic Theory and Its Applications

DOI 10.11648/j.ijebo.s.2015030201.15
Page(s) 23-30
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Keywords

Multiplier Effects, Public Expenditure, Taxation, Labour Intensity, and Home Production

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    Masatoshi Yoshida, Stephen J. Turnbull. The Balanced Budget Multiplier and Labour Intensity in Home Production. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2015;3(2-1):23-30. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.s.2015030201.15

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  • Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, 67, Fukakusa, Tsukamoto-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan

  • Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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