Confidence and the transmission of government spending shocks

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-249

  Bachmann, Rüdiger ^a,b,c   Sims, Eric R ^b,d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84859967326     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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