The deficit gamble

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 699-720

  Ball, Laurence ^a   Elmendorf, Douglas W ^a   Mankiw, N Gregory ^a  

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EID: 0032342544     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601125     Document Type: Article

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