Nonseparable Preferences, Frisch Labor Supply, and the Consumption Multiplier of Government Spending: One Solution to a Fiscal Policy Puzzle

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-251

  Bilbiie, Florin O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumption multiplier; Fiscal policy; Frisch elasticity of labor supply; Government spending; Nonseparable preferences; Sticky prices; Substitutability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751625490     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2010.00372.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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