Political competition and debt trajectories in Japan and the OECD

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-135

  Skilling, David ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Political competition; Public debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036206458     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-1425(01)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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