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The macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy

António Afonso Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank, Kaiserstraße 29, Frankfurt am Main D-60311, Germany; Department of Economics, ISEG/TULisbon, Technical University of Lisbon, UECE – Research Unit on Complexity and Economics, R. Miguel Lupi 20, Lisbon, 1249-078, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Ricardo M. Sousa Department of Economics and Economic Policies Research Unit (NIPE), University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal; Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2 2AE, UK
Pages 4439-4454 | Published online: 20 Jul 2011

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