Chaos, sunspots and automatic stabilizers

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-31

  Christiano, Lawrence J ^a,b,c   G Harrison, Sharon ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle; E13; E32; E62; Fiscal policy; Multiple equilibria; Regime switching; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001792947     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(99)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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