Evidence on the substitutability between government purchases and consumer spending within specific spending categories

Economics Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Kuehlwein, Michael ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer spending; E21; Government purchases; Substitutability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032219369     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00291-7     Document Type: Article

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