Three Essays in Political Economy and Public Finance

Chapter 1 evaluates the effect of relaxing fiscal rules on policy outcomes applying a quasi-experimental research design. We implement a "difference-in-discontinuities" design by combining the before/after with the discontinuous policy variation generated by the implementation of the Domes...

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Main Author: Troiano, Ugo A
Other Authors: Alesina, Alberto Francesco
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10875
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11125981