What limits social spending?

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-34

  Lindert, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0029684673     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1996.0001     Document Type: Article

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