Does government spending crowd in private consumption? Theory and empirical evidence for the Euro area

International Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-470

  Coenen, Günter ^a   Straub, Roland ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; POLICY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33747063018     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: 14682362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2362.2005.00166.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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