The sustainability of Fiji's budget deficit: An econometric analysis

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-90

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Narayan, Seema ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; ECONOMETRICS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

FIJI;

EID: 0344984230     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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