Check in the mail or more in the paycheck: Does the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus depend on how it is delivered?

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-250

  Sahm, Claudia R ^a   Shapiro, Matthew D ^b   Slemrod, Joel ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84868011835     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.3.216     Document Type: Article

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