The macroeconomics of fiscal consolidations in euro area countries

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1791-1812

  Forni, Lorenzo ^a,b   Gerali, Andrea ^b   Pisani, Massimiliano ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distortionary taxation; Fiscal consolidation; General equilibrium models; Monetary union

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956772807     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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