Fiscal policy responsiveness, persistence, and discretion

Public Choice

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 503-530

  Afonso, António ^a,b   Agnello, Luca ^a,c   Furceri, Davide ^c,d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Fiscal volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649323647     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9577-x     Document Type: Article

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