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Roger Lindsley (not verified)
30th April 2013 | 3:19pm

The Dec IMF paper can be accessed here.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12286.pdf

"A fiscal consolidation is found to be substantially more contractionary if made during a recession than during an expansion. First year cumulative multipliers for consolidations that began during downturns range between 1.6 to 2.6 for expenditure shocks..." (pg. 6)