Government intervention and economic performance in East Asia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 451-477

  Knowles, Stephen ^a   Garces Ozanne, Arlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATE ROLE;

ASIA;

EID: 0038417923     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346114     Document Type: Article

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