Optimal monetary and fiscal policy: A linear-quadratic approach

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 271-333

  Benigno, Pierpaolo ^a   Woodford, Michael ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2342433078     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.18.3585260     Document Type: Article

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