Testing Wagner versus Keynes using disaggregated public expenditure data for Canada

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1283-1291

  Biswal, Bagala ^a   Dhawan, Urvashi ^a   Lee, Hooi Yean ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; PUBLIC SPENDING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032695301     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323490     Document Type: Article

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