Optimal fiscal policy rules in a monetary union

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1759-1784

  Kirsanova, Tatiana ^a   Satchi, Mathan ^b   Vines, David ^c,d,e,f   Wren Lewis, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary union; Optimal monetary and fiscal policies; Simple rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548570699     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2007.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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