Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Performance [E-Book] / Pedro de Lima, Alain de Serres and Mike Kennedy
This paper analyses the major changes in both monetary and fiscal policy that have taken place over the past two decades and, within the limits of the existing empirical research, evaluates the overall costs and benefits for the OECD economies. The general findings for monetary policy are that, whil...
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Personal Name(s): | de Lima, Pedro. |
de Serres, Alain. / Kennedy, Mike. | |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2003
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Physical Description: |
66 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/444611645531 |
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers ;
353 |
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Economics |
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