Fiscal adjustments in Europe and Ricardian equivalence

According to the ‘Ricardian’ equivalence hypothesis, consumption is dependent on permanent disposable income and current deficits are equivalent to future tax payments. This hypothesis is tested on 14 European countries in the 1990s. The relationships between private sector savings and general gover...

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Main Authors: V. DE BONIS, R. PALADINI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 1998-09-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/10598/10482