Partisan political business cycles in the German labour market? Empirical tests in the light of the Lucas-critique

Public Choice

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 225-274

  Belke, Ansgar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 0042727544     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005149716541     Document Type: Article

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