Keynesian government spending multipliers and spillovers in the euro area

Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 67, 2011, Pages 493-549

  Cwik, Tobias ^a   Wieland, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; KEYNESIAN THEORY; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 79960519053     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2011.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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