Déja vu all over again: On the dismal prospects for the federal budget

National Tax Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-560

  Auerbach, Alan J ^a,b,c   Gale, William G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit; Federal budget outlook; Forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649547771     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2010.3.06     Document Type: Article

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