An Empirical Analysis of the Macroeconomic Effects of Government Purchases

This dissertation investigates the implications of different methods of identifying exogenous shocks to defense purchases for estimating the macroeconomic effects of shocks to government purchases. Four identification schemes are examined: the narrative approach of Ramey and Shapiro (1997), a more c...

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Main Author: Horent, Eric
Other Authors: M. Dek Terrel
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2002
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0610102-162914/