International Differences in Fiscal Policy During the Global Crisis

Agustín S. Bénétrix, Philip R. Lane

NBER Working Paper No. 16346
Issued in September 2010

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Revised version of paper presented at TAPES 2010, Varenna, June 14-16 2010. We thank our discussants Silvana Tenreyro and Ilian Mihov for insightful comments. Peter McQuade, Donal Mullins, Christiane Hellmanzik and Barbara Pels provided excellent research assistance. This paper is part of an IRCHSS- sponsored research project on An Analysis of the Impact of European Monetary Union on Irish Macroeconomic Policy. Email: benetria@tcd.ie; plane@tcd.ie. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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