How best to measure discretionary fiscal policy? Assessing its impact on private spending

We develop a novel empirical approach to assess the effect of discretionary fiscal policy on private spending consisting of three stages: 1) extract the discretionary component of fiscal policy by estimating a fiscal policy rule; 2) use the residuals of the first-stage regression to investigate the exis...

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Main Author: Agnello, Luca (author)
Other Authors: Furceri, Davide (author), Sousa, Ricardo M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/23355
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/23355