Long-term debt and optimal policy in the fiscal theory of the price level

Econometrica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-116

  Cochrane, John H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fiscal theory of the price level; Government debt; Inflation; Price level

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002907061     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00179     Document Type: Article

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