Fiscal policy rules in macroeconomic models: Principles and practice

Economic Modelling

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-193

  Mitchell, Peter R ^a   Sault, Joanne E ^a   Wallis, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closure rules; Fiscal policy; Macroeconomic models; Model simulations; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165458     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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