Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis: US vs. Europe

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 279-294

  Dolls, Mathias ^a,c   Fuest, Clemens ^a,b,c   Peichl, Andreas ^a,c  

^a IZA ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiscal stimulus; Income insurance; Liquidity constraints; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455200414     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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