Demand-Side Stabilization Policies : What is the Evidence of their Potential? /

Using disaggregated data for the United States, this paper explores the effects of the variability of fiscal and monetary policy shocks. Higher variability of government spending shocks around a steady-state growth trend results, on average, in a decline in aggregate demand growth and inflation, wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kandil, Magda
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/197
Online Access:Full text available on IMF