Research Catalog

Title

Fiscal policy after the financial crisis / edited by Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi.

Publication

• Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
• ©2013

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Additional Authors

• Alesina, Alberto.
• Giavazzi, Francesco.

Description

ix, 585 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Uniform Title

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

Subject

• Fiscal policy > Congresses
• Fiscal policy > United States > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi -- Government Spending and Private Activity / Valerie A. Ramey -- Comment: Roberto Perotti -- Fiscal Multipliers in Recession and Expansion / Alan J. Auerbach and Yuriy Gorodnichenko -- Comment: Robert E. Hall -- The Household Effects of Government Spending / Francesco Giavazzi and Michael McMahon -- Comment: Lawrence J.Christiano -- The Role of Growth Slowdowns and Forecast Errors in Public Debt Crises / William Easterly -- Comment: Indira Rajaraman -- Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy / Richard W. Evans, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Kerk L. Phillips -- Comment: Douglas W. Elmendorf -- How Do Laffer Curves Differ Across Countries? / Mathias Trabandt and Harald Uhlig -- Comment: Jaume Ventura -- Perceptions and Misperceptions of Fiscal Inflation / Eric M. Leeper and Todd B. Walker -- Comment: Jordi Galí -- The 'Austerity Myth': Gain without Pain? / Roberto Perotti -- Comment: Philip R. Lane -- Can Public Sector Wage Bills Be Reduced? / Pierre Cahuc and Stephane Carcillo -- Comment: Paolo Pinotti -- Entitlement Reforms in Europe: Policy Mixes in the Current Pension Reform Process / Axel H. Börsch-Supan -- Comment: David A. Wise -- 'Fiscal Devaluation' and Fiscal Consolidation: The VAT in Troubled Times / Ruud de Mooij and Michael Keen -- Comment: James M.Poterba -- Fiscal Rules: Theoretical Issues and Historical Experiences / Charles Wyplosz -- Comment: Lucio R. Pench -- The Electoral Consequences of Large Fiscal Adjustments / Alberto Alesina, Dorian Carloni, and Giampaolo Lecce -- Comment: Thomas Romer.

Call Number

JFE 13-6390

ISBN

• 9780226018447 (cloth : alkaline paper)
• 022601844X (cloth : alkaline paper)

LCCN

2012028694

OCLC

800721340

Title

Fiscal policy after the financial crisis / edited by Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi.

Publisher

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Alesina, Alberto.

Giavazzi, Francesco.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-6390