Stochastic fiscal policy and the Swedish business cycle

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-268

  Jonsson, Gunnar ^a   Klein, Paul ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Fiscal policy; Simulated method of moments; Stochastic growth model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268257     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(96)01284-6     Document Type: Article

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