Elections and UK government expenditure cycles in the 1980s: An empirical analysis

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-391

  Easaw, Joshy ^a   Garratt, Dean ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Treasury   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCOME; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SPENDING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034688607     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400322804     Document Type: Article

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