Oil prices and the fiscal policy response in oil-exporting countries

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 605-620

  El Anshasy, Amany A ^a,b   Bradley, Michael D ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; GMM; Oil prices; PMG

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865175286     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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