Current Thinking on Fiscal Policy

Malcolm Sawyer , Jérôme Creel (1)

1 OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po)

This book develops current thinking on fiscal policy, emphasizing the role which fiscal policy can play in macroeconomic policy and challenging the view that macroeconomic policy should rely on monetary policy alone. This book offers theoretical insights in defence of fiscal policy as a valid macroeconomic instrument.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Malcolm Sawyer, Jérôme Creel. Current Thinking on Fiscal Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.256, 2009. ⟨hal-03416379⟩