Using Stock Returns to Identify Government Spending Shocks

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 544, 2010, Pages 414-436

  Fisher, Jonas D M ^a   Peters, Ryan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953773554     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02355.x     Document Type: Article

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