Growth and the public sector: A critique of the critics

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-358

  Fölster, Stefan ^a   Henrekson, Magnus ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross country regression; E62; Economic growth; Government expenditure; H20; H50; O23; O40; Public sector; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004482929     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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