Assessing the Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy in Colombia

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
552
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
E62, H50, H20, C32
Palabras clave: 
Fiscal policy, Government spending, Taxation, Structural vector autoregression

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