Rules, and their effects on fiscal policy in Sweden

Swedish Economic Policy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-47

  Claeys, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Debt; Fiscal policy; Markov switching; Sustainability; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149118440     PISSN: 14001829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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