Dynamic employment and hours effects of government spending shocks

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1233-1263

  Yuan, Mingwei ^a   Li, Wenli ^b  

^a BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

E24; E32; E62; Employment; Government spending; Hours; J64; Job search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034215894     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(99)00007-x     Document Type: Article

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