Growth and the public sector: A critical review essay

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-52

  Agell, Jonas ^a   Lindh, Thomas ^a   Ohlsson, Henry ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross country regressions; Growth; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067162     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(96)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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