Macroeconomic effects from government purchases and taxes

ADB Economics Working Paper Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-46

  Barro, Robert J ^a   Redlick, Charles J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE SPENDING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; MACROECONOMICS; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951695296     PISSN: 16555252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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