Are consumption and government expenditures substitutes or complements? Morishima elasticity estimates from the Fourier flexible form

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-146

  Fleissig, Adrian R ^a   Rossana, Robert J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037258581     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/41.1.132     Document Type: Article

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