% WARNING: This file may contain UTF-8 (unicode) characters. % While non-8-bit characters are officially unsupported in BibTeX, you % can use them with the biber backend of biblatex % usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} @techreport{NBERw14684, title = "Rethinking the Role of Fiscal Policy", author = "Feldstein, Martin S", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "14684", year = "2009", month = "January", doi = {10.3386/w14684}, URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w14684", abstract = {As recently as two years ago there was a widespread consensus among economists that fiscal policy is not useful as a countercyclical instrument. Now governments in Washington and around the world are developing massive fiscal stimulus packages, supported by a wide range of economists in universities, governments, and businesses. Why has this change occurred? What are the principles for designing a potentially useful fiscal stimulus? And what will happen if the current fiscal stimulus fails?}, }