Macroeconomic time consistency and wartime presidential approval
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2012.06.003
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Keywords
Presidential job approval; Macroeconomic time consistency; Macroeconomic policy; Unemployment; Inflation; War;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
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