<p>This study investigates the effects of monetary and fiscal policies on firm size distribution and economic growth in an endogenous growth framework featuring heterogeneous firms, financial constraints, and government spending on productive infrastructure development and non-productive public goods. Our analytical results indicate that higher interest rates and corporate income tax rates can enhance the innovation rate of incumbent firms by improving infrastructure. However, the impact on the innovation rate of entrant firms is ambiguous due to the additional countervailing effect of labor reallocation. Increases in the interest rate and the corporate income tax rate can potentially reduce (raise) the market share of large firms, if the percentage increase in the innovation rate of entrants is higher (lower) than that of incumbents. Numerical simulations using US data suggest that higher interest rates decrease the market share of large firms and promote economic growth. In addition, while the effect of the corporate income tax rate on the innovation rate of entrants follows an inverted-U shape, a heavier tax burden consistently diminishes the market share of small firms and benefits large incumbents.</p>

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Effects of monetary and fiscal policies on firm size distribution and economic growth

  • Zhijie Zheng,
  • Ruiyang Hu

摘要

This study investigates the effects of monetary and fiscal policies on firm size distribution and economic growth in an endogenous growth framework featuring heterogeneous firms, financial constraints, and government spending on productive infrastructure development and non-productive public goods. Our analytical results indicate that higher interest rates and corporate income tax rates can enhance the innovation rate of incumbent firms by improving infrastructure. However, the impact on the innovation rate of entrant firms is ambiguous due to the additional countervailing effect of labor reallocation. Increases in the interest rate and the corporate income tax rate can potentially reduce (raise) the market share of large firms, if the percentage increase in the innovation rate of entrants is higher (lower) than that of incumbents. Numerical simulations using US data suggest that higher interest rates decrease the market share of large firms and promote economic growth. In addition, while the effect of the corporate income tax rate on the innovation rate of entrants follows an inverted-U shape, a heavier tax burden consistently diminishes the market share of small firms and benefits large incumbents.