Fiscal policy and the Mehra-prescott puzzle: On the welfare implications of budget deficits when real interest rates are low

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Bohn, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 17544404469     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601136     Document Type: Article

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