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- Rethinking Fiscal Policy after the Crisis
- Rethinking Fiscal Policy after the Crisis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- Part I Frontiers of Fiscal Policy
- Part II Better Institutions for Better Fiscal Policy
- Part III New Analytical Perspectives
- Part IV The Comeback of Discretionary Fiscal Policy
- 15 What Do We Know about Fiscal Multipliers?
- 16 Government as Borrower and Innovator of Last Resort
- 17 Fiscal Consolidation Strategies
- 18 Discretionary Fiscal Policy and Recessions
- Book part
- Index
- References
18 - Discretionary Fiscal Policy and Recessions
from Part IV - The Comeback of Discretionary Fiscal Policy
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Book contents
- Rethinking Fiscal Policy after the Crisis
- Rethinking Fiscal Policy after the Crisis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- Part I Frontiers of Fiscal Policy
- Part II Better Institutions for Better Fiscal Policy
- Part III New Analytical Perspectives
- Part IV The Comeback of Discretionary Fiscal Policy
- 15 What Do We Know about Fiscal Multipliers?
- 16 Government as Borrower and Innovator of Last Resort
- 17 Fiscal Consolidation Strategies
- 18 Discretionary Fiscal Policy and Recessions
- Book part
- Index
- References
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