Monetary and fiscal policy interactions in the post-war U.S.

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-164

  Traum, Nora ^a,b   Yang, Shu Chun S ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Fiscal and monetary policy interactions; New Keynesian models

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISCAL POLICY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFLATION; KEYNESIAN THEORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONETARY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POST-WAR; PUBLIC SPENDING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650969050     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.11.009     Document Type: Review

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