Is the budget deficit sustainable when fiscal policy is non-linear? The case of Spain

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 596-608

  Bajo Rubio, Oscar ^a,b   Díaz Roldán, Carmen ^a   Esteve, Vicente ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Estudios Fiscales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Non linearity; Sustainability; Threshold cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747046719     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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