Fiscal Multipliers and the State of the Economy /

Only a few empirical studies have analyzed the relationship between fiscal multipliers and the underlying state of the economy. This paper investigates this link on a country-by-country basis for the G7 economies (excluding Italy). Our results show that fiscal multipliers differ across countries, ca...

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Autor principal: Baum, Anja
Otros Autores: Poplawski Ribeiro, Marcos, Weber, Anke
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/286
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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