Measuring the output responses to fiscal policy

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-27

  Auerbach, Alan J ^a,b   Gorodnichenko, Yuriy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84861658535     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.2.1     Document Type: Article

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