Infrastructure spending and unemployment: Government responsibility for growth and jobs

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-432

  Kenyon, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0003613671     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.304041     Document Type: Article

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