Automatic stabilization and discretionary fiscal policy in the financial crisis
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Automatic stabilization and discretionary fiscal policy in the financial crisis
© L p Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between the magnitude of automatic stabilizers in the tax and transfer systems of 19 EU countries and the US, and discretionary fiscal stimulus packages passed by these countries during the recent economic crisis. In particular, we ask whether countries with larger automatic stabilizers have enacted smaller discretionary fiscal stimulus p...
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عنوان ژورنال: IZA Journal of Labor Policy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2193-9004
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9004-1-4