The elusive costs and the immaterial gains of fiscal constraints

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1391-1414

  Canova, Fabio ^a,b   Pappa, Evi ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CREI ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Excessive debt; Fiscal restrictions; US states

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746589580     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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