Afonso, António; Agnello, Luca; Furceri, Davide; … - Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas … - 2009
We use a new approach to assess long-term fiscal developments. By analyzing the time-varying behaviour of the two components of government spending and revenue – responsiveness and persistence – we are able to infer about the sources of fiscal behaviour. Drawing on quarterly data we estimate...