QUEST III: An estimated open-economy DSGE model of the euro area with fiscal and monetary policy

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 222-233

  Ratto, Marco ^a   Roeger, Werner ^b   Veld, Jan in 't ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DSGE modeling; Euro area; Fiscal policy; Stabilisation policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349198094     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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