Optimal fiscal policy under multiple equilibria

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1359-1377

  Ennis, Huberto M ^a   Keister, Todd ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coordination problems; Equilibrium selection; Search and matching; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444433075     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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