Horn, Gustav A.; Gechert, Sebastian; Paetz, Christoph - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 97 (2017), pp. 9-16
We evaluate the impact of fiscal stimulus measures during the financial crisis and the subsequent turn to fiscal consolidation during the Euro Area crisis. Based on an exploitation of the information contained in systematic forecast errors, we identify a robust and substantial underestimation of...