Measuring tax multipliers: The narrative method in fiscal VARs

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-94

  Favero, Carlo ^a   Giavazzi, Francesco ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84861700645     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.2.69     Document Type: Article

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