How important are automatic stabilisers in Europe? A stochastic simulation assessment

Economic Modelling

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-35

  Barrell, Ray ^a   Pina, Alvaro M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Automatic stabilisers; Fiscal policy rules; Stability Pact; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142200807     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(02)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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