The political business cycle after 25 years

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-117

  Drazen, Allan ^a  

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EID: 0011305019     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1162/08893360052390266     Document Type: Article

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