The political economy of deficit spending: A cross comparison of industrialized democracies, 1955-90

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-250

  Hahm, S D ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFICIT SPENDING; DEMOCRATISED COUNTRY; INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0030458904     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c140227     Document Type: Review

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