The Welfare State and Competitiveness

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 921-939

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Perotti, Roberto ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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