Iceland's natural experiment in supply-side economics

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1564-1579

  Bianchi, Marco ^a   Gudmundsson, Björn R ^b   Zoega, Gylfi ^c  

^a Newman Ragazzi Hedge Fund   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040332150     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1564     Document Type: Article

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