Does government growth reduce precautionary saving?

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-423

  Hatzinikolaou, Dimitris ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE; GROWTH RATE; PRECAUTIONARY SAVING;

GREECE;

EID: 0031404268     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326912     Document Type: Article

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