Wagner's Law and public expenditure in Iraq: A test using disaggregated data

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Asseery, A A ^a   Law, D ^c   Perdikis, N ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

IRAQ;

EID: 0032922875     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599353852     Document Type: Article

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