New Keynesian versus old Keynesian government spending multipliers

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-295

  Cogan, John F ^a,b   Cwik, Tobias ^c   Taylor, John B ^a,b   Wieland, Volker ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crowding out; E62; E63; Fiscal policy; Fiscal stimulus; Government spending multipliers; New Keynesian models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249170878     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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