Fiscal spending shocks, endogenous government spending, and real business cycles

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 237-256

  Ambler, Steve ^a   Paquet, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Dynamic games; Government spending; Optimal fiscal policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029689582     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(94)00850-x     Document Type: Article

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