LocationRoom BZ E4.23, Universitätsplatz 1 - Piazza Università, 1, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano
Departments Press and Events
03 Dec 2019 12:30-13:30
Austerity Spillovers
Research Seminar in the framework of the Research Cluster of Financial Markets and Regulation
LocationRoom BZ E4.23, Universitätsplatz 1 - Piazza Università, 1, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano
Departments Press and Events
Fiscal policy shocks can propagate overseas through firms’ internal networks. We document this effect by showing that investment of a multinational’s subsidiary is highly sensitive to exogenous fiscal consolidations originated from a foreign country in which the multinational holds operations. We find that three mechanisms – within-firm production linkages, business confidence, and financial constraints – appear to generate the spillovers. In the aggregate, investment declines in the countries with higher exposure to foreign fiscal shocks through firms’ internal networks. Employment also drops, suggesting that these networks matter for the overall economic activity.