@techreport{NBERw1814, title = "Estimated Macroeconomic Effects of Deficit Targeting", author = "Ray C. Fair", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "1814", year = "1986", month = "1986", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w1814", abstract = {Somemacroeconomic effects of deficit targeting are estimated in thispaper using my U.S. econometric model. The response of the economy to realand price shocks is examined in a number of cases. Each case corresponds toa particular assumption about fiscal policy and a particular assumptionabout monetary policy. Estimates are also presented of the size of thegovernment spending cuts that are needed to meet a given deficit goal underdifferent assumptions about monetary policy.}, }