Targeted transfers and the fiscal response to the great recession

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Oh, Hyunseung ^a   Reis, Ricardo ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872021377     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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