Searching for political business cycles in Germany

Public Choice

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-197

  Berger, Helge ^a   Woitek, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bundesbank; Germany; Macroeconomic policy; Political business cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031529390     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004970926840     Document Type: Article

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