Monetary and fiscal policy transmission in the Euro-area: Evidence from a structural VAR analysis

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 609-638

  van Aarle, Bas ^a,b   Garretsen, Harry ^c   Gobbin, Niko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EMU; Fiscal policy; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141792674     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-6195(03)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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