Macroeconomic Shocks and Their Propagation

Handbook of Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 71-162

  Ramey, V A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

DSGE estimation; Fiscal policy; Identification; Macroeconomic shocks; Monetary policy; News; SVARs; Technology shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001858076     PISSN: 15740048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.hesmac.2016.03.003     Document Type: Chapter

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