Electoral uncertainty, fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1051-1080

  Malley, Jim ^a   Philippopoulos, Apostolis ^b   Woitek, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business cycles and growth; Hybrid maximum likelihood estimation; Optimal policy; Political uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846480410     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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