Net Economic Base Multipliers and Public Policy

Public Policy, Human Instincts, and Economic Growth

The spatial distribution of economic base multipliers: A GIS and spatial statistics-based cluster analysis

Empirical studies on the economic base multiplier concept have been highly limited in their spatial scope. The aim of this research is to provide new insights into the study of base multipliers by examining their spatial distribution over space. Base multipliers pertaining to the 923 districts in Turkey, varying between 1,268 and 807,934 in population, are estimated for the year 2000 using aggr...

Aging, Health, and Public Policy: Demographic and Economic Perspectives

نقد و تحلیل کتاب « Public Finance and Public Policy»

بحث درباره جایگاه مطلوب بخش عمومی (دولت) در اقتصاد از دیرباز مورد توجه مکاتب گوناگون فکری قرار داشته و به علت اهمیت وافر وارد برنامه‌های رسمی دانشگاه‌ها در سراسر جهان شده است. هدف این مقاله تحلیل و نقد کتاب درسی مالیه عمومی و سیاست عمومی تألیف جاناتان گروبر است که از جدیدترین کتاب‌های درسی این حوزه به شمار می‌رود و هم اکنون در تعداد قابل توجهی از دانشگاه‌های مطرح جهان به عنوان کتاب درسی اصلی اق...

Some Conceptual Difficulties Regarding ‘Net’ Multipliers

Multipliers are routinely used for impact evaluation of private projects and public policies at the national and subnational levels. Oosterhaven & Stelder (2002) correctly pointed out the misuse of standard ‘gross’ multipliers and proposed the concept of ‘net’ multiplier as a solution to this bad practice. We prove their proposal is not well founded. We do so by showing that supporting theorems...