The economic stimulus payments of 2008 and the aggregate demand for consumption

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 68, Issue S, 2014, Pages S20-S36

  Broda, Christian ^a   Parker, Jonathan A ^b,c  

^a Duquesne Capital Management ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Consumption smoothing; Fiscal stimulus; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949922695     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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