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Under the zero lower bound the stimulating policies are conducted mostly by the fiscal authorities due to inefficiency of the traditional monetary policy. Recent research showed that in the borrower-saver framework the government expenditure multiplier can be significantly higher under the zero lower bound than under a positive interest rate. This paper explores the fiscal multiplier in the excess-savings...