Inflation and the fiscal limit

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-47

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

^a Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well Being   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal limit; Fiscal sustainability; Inflation

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; DEBT; FISCAL POLICY; INFLATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONETARY POLICY; PUBLIC SPENDING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78650972047     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.11.005     Document Type: Review

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