Debts and deficits with fragmented fiscal policymaking

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-125

  Velasco, Andrés ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Dynamic games; E6; Fiscal deficits; H6; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041413434     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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