Political cycles, fiscal deficits, and output spillovers in Europe

Public Choice

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 195-205

  Sapir, André ^a   Sekkat, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 0036117507     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015149412127     Document Type: Article

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