The multiplier for federal spending in the states during the great depression

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-162

  Fishback, Price ^a   Kachanovskaya, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPLOYMENT; GREAT DEPRESSION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PANEL DATA;

EID: 84925209517     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050715000054     Document Type: Article

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