Accommodating public expenditure policies: the case of fast growing Asian economies

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 673-694

  Rao, M Govinda ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES; FISCAL POLICY; PUBLIC SPENDING;

ASIA, (EAST);

EID: 0032052914     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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