The limits to fiscal stimulus

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-70

  Buiter, Willem H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowding out; Debt neutrality; Debt sustainability; Fiscal policy; Minsky neutrality; Ricardian equivalence

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC THEORY; FISCAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77953431157     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp038     Document Type: Article

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