Poland: A successful transition to budget sustainability?

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-183

  Green, Christopher J ^a   Holmes, Mark J ^a   Kowalski, Tadeusz ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Budget sustainability; Cointegration; E61; H62; Poland; Seignorage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043142374     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1566-0141(01)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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