Political and economic determinants of OECD budget deficits and government expenditures: A reinvestigation

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 739-750

  De Haan, Jakob ^a   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

E62; Fiscal policy; H62; Political and institutional models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031471720     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(97)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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