Fiscal Policy in Real Time

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 440-465

  Cimadomo, Jacopo ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclical sensitivity; Data revisions; Fiscal policy plans; Real time data

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; FISCAL POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; OECD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; REAL TIME;

EID: 84861200193     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2012.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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