Time consistency of fiscal and monetary policy: A solution

Econometrica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-212

  Persson, Mats ^a   Persson, Torsten ^a,b,c   Svensson, Lars E O ^b,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CEPR ^*

^c CIAR   (Sweden)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ramsey policy; Surprise inflation; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645020030     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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