Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment
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- Antonio Acconcia & Giancarlo Corsetti & Saverio Simonelli, 2014. "Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 104(7), pages 2185-2209, July.
- Antonio Acconcia & Giancarlo Corsetti & Saverio Simonelli, 2011. "Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment," Economics Working Papers ECO2011/12, European University Institute.
- Corsetti, Giancarlo & Simonelli, Saverio & Acconcia, Antonio, 2011. "Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 8305, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
Government Spending; Multiplier; Instrumental Variables; Quasi-experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
- C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEO-2011-04-16 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-PBE-2011-04-16 (Public Economics)
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