Fiscal austerity, growth prospects, and sovereign CDS spreads: The Eurozone and beyond

International Economics

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-79

  Yuan, Chunming ^a   Pongsiri, Tanu J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Maryland Public Service Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit default swap; Dynamic simultaneous equations model; Fiscal austerity; Growth prospects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939948904     PISSN: 21107017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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