Fiscal deficits, economic growth and government debt in the USA

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-204

  Taylor, Lance ^a   Proaño, Christian R ^a   De carvalho, Laura ^a   Barbosa, Nelson ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Debt sustainability; Financial crisis; Fiscal austerity

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; BUSINESS CYCLE; DEBT; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL REFORM; GOVERNMENT; INCOME; INTEREST RATE; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855896574     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ber041     Document Type: Article

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