Fiscal Multipliers: Empirical Evidence for a Cost-Effective Allocation of Public Investment
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Fiscal multiplier; public investment; multiplier effect; BSVAR; input-output model;All these keywords.
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- C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
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