Fiscal policy: Institutions versus rules

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-78

  Wyplosz, Charles ^a  

^a Graduate Institute for International Studies

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; policy institutions; policy rules; public debts; time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991484694     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950105052661     Document Type: Article

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