Fiscal policy and growth forecasts in the EU: are official forecasters still misestimating fiscal multipliers?
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- Cronin, David & McQuinn, Kieran, 2020. "Fiscal policy and growth forecasts in the EU: Are official forecasters still misestimating fiscal multipliers?," Papers WP682, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
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Fiscal policy; Multipliers; Forecast errors;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
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