Natural Experiments in Macroeconomics

Handbook of Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 923-1012

  Fuchs Schundeln N ^a,b   Hassan, T A ^b,c,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic capital; Fiscal multiplier; Institutions; Multiple equilibria; Networks; Permanent income hypothesis; Social structure; Social ties; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007129472     PISSN: 15740048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.hesmac.2016.03.008     Document Type: Chapter

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