Carlino, Gerald A.; Inman, Robert P. - In: Journal of Monetary Economics 60 (2013) 5, pp. 517-530
Using a sample of the 48 mainland US states for the period 1973–2009, we study the ability of US states to expand their own state employment through the use of state deficit policies. The analysis allows for the facts that US states are part of a wider monetary and economic union with free...
