Fiscal Policy as a Stabilization Tool
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- Fatás Antonio & Mihov Ilian, 2012. "Fiscal Policy as a Stabilization Tool," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 12(3), pages 1-68, October.
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Keywords
Business cycles; Fiscal policy; Stabilization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MAC-2012-03-28 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2012-03-28 (Public Economics)
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