"Unfunded liabilities" and uncertain fiscal financing

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 600-619

  Davig, Troy ^a   Leeper, Eric M ^b   Walker, Todd B ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal limit; Fiscal sustainability; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955058084     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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