The cyclical reaction of fiscal policies in the euro area: The role of modelling choices and data vintages

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-72

  Golinelli, Roberto ^a   Momigliano, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Banca d'Italia ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel models; Euro area countries; Ex post and real time data; Fiscal rules; Policy; Policy symmetry over the cycle; Pro and counter cyclical policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249189236     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2009.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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