Optimal Fiscal Policy Rules in a Monetary Union
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Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Monetary Union
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-2879,1538-4616
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2007.00086.x