Monetary-fiscal policy interactions and the price level: Background and beyond

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-409

  Leeper, Eric M ^a,b   Yun, Tack ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt revaluation; Income taxes; Inflation; Laffer curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746268457     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-8599-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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