Increasing returns, capital utilization, and the effects of government spending

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1059-1078

  Guo, Jang Ting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital utilization; Government spending shocks; Increasing returns; Indeterminacy; Real business cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242467681     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(03)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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