Understanding the Size of the Government Spending Multiplier: It's in the Sign
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- Régis Barnichon & Davide Debortoli & Christian Matthes, 2019. "Understanding the size of the government spending multiplier: It’s in the sign," Economics Working Papers 1688, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Sep 2020.
- Regis Barnichon & Christian Matthes, 2017. "Understanding the Size of the Government Spending Multiplier: It's in the Sign," Working Paper 17-15, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
- Régis Barnichon & Davide Debortoli & Christian Matthes, 2020. "Understanding the Size of the Government Spending Multiplier: It’s in the Sign," Working Papers 1145, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
- Régis Barnichon & Christian Matthes, 2016. "Understanding the size of the government spending multiplier: It's in the sign," Economics Working Papers 1555, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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