Are the Penn World Tables data on government consumption and investment being misused?

Economics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 293-298

  Knowles, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Government consumption; International prices; Investment; O40; Penn World Tables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634430     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00382-2     Document Type: Article

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