Assessing the fiscal stance in the European Union and the United States, 1970-2011

Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 68, 2011, Pages 599-647

  Polito, Vito ^a   Wickens, Michael ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPENDITURE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INFLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053513754     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2011.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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