Financial markets' behavior around episodes of large changes in the fiscal stance

European Economic Review

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-55

  Ardagna, Silvia ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal expansions; Fiscal stabilizations; Interest rates; Stock market prices

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FINANCIAL MARKET; FISCAL POLICY; INTEREST RATE; OECD; PANEL DATA; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 58549096890     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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