Budgetary deficits and Ricardian equivalence: The case of India, 1950-1986

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-282

  Ghatak, Anita ^a   Ghatak, Subrata ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cointegration analysis; India; Rational expectations; Ricardian equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030138163     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01551-5     Document Type: Article

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