Optimal fiscal policy, public capital, and the productivity slowdown

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 911-935

  Cassou, Steven P ^a   Lansing, Kevin J ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Growth; Infrastructure; Public investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032087062     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(97)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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