Optimal fiscal policy in an economy facing sociopolitical instability

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 583-598

  Ghate, Chetan ^a,b   Le, Quan Vu ^c   Zak, Paul J ^d,e,f  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Gruter Inst for Law/Behavioral Res   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FISCAL POLICY; MODEL; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

EID: 0142135970     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00210     Document Type: Article

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