Document Type
White Paper
Publication Date
1981
Abstract
The economic recovery program proposes to inject about $100 billion into the aggregate spending stream while simultaneously reducing the inflation rate. Careful analysis of estimates of the supply response to tax rate reductions and deregulation show that output increases will not balance the increased demand. Savings rates several times historic levels are thus necessary not only to reduce inflation, but even to prevent the program from worsening inflation. Recent evidence indicates that none of the scenarios most often mentioned as producing the requisite savings hold much promise.
Recommended Citation
Dolan, Robert C. and Sam J. Fraser. 1981. "The Administration's "Program for Economic Recovery": Theory and Evidence." Robins School of Business White Paper Series. University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Comments
For Presentation at the Conference of the Western Economic Association, San Francisco, California, July 2, 1981.