The effect of government spending on private consumption: A puzzle?

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1715-1735

  Linnemann, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Neoclassical growth model; Private consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750549869     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0094     Document Type: Article

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