The political economy of fiscal policy: An experimental study on the strategic use of deficits

Public Choice

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 313-332

  Sutter, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 0042305034     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024842401703     Document Type: Review

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