In search of the transmission mechanism of fiscal policy

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 22, Issue , 2007, Pages 169-226

  Perotti, Roberto ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 45849111375     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.22.25554966     Document Type: Article

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