Are fiscal adjustments contractionary?

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Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-364

  Schaltegger, Christoph A ^a   Weder, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fiscal adjustment; Fiscal policy; Investment; Non keynesian effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872293305     PISSN: 00152218     EISSN: 16140974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/001522112X659529     Document Type: Article

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