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Fighting downturns with fiscal policy
Abstract: Should fiscal policy be used to fight recessions? This Economic Letter examines some recent empirical studies analyzing data on the relative effects of higher spending and lower taxes on output.
Keywords: Fiscal policy; Recessions;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Part of Series: FRBSF Economic Letter
Publication Date: 2009
Order Number: 20