Budget deficits and coalition governments

Public Choice

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 327-349

  Balassone, Fabrizio ^a   Giordano, Raffaela ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

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EID: 0035582319     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005187827895     Document Type: Article

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