Britains fiscal problems

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 443, 1997, Pages 1142-1156

  Pain, Nigel ^a   Weale, Martin ^a   Young, Garry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FISCAL PROBLEM; NATIONAL DEBT;

UK;

EID: 0031468162     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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