Government spending, taxation of interest, and private saving: An empirical analysis using Greek aggregate data

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-330

  Hatzinikolaou, Dimitris ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approximate consumption function; Elasticities of private saving; Greece; Ricardian equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042629463     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00449-X     Document Type: Article

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