Social polarization, fiscal instability and growth

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1451-1477

  Woo, Jaejoon ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal deficit; Fiscal volatility; Growth collapse; Social polarization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; GROWTH DETERMINATION; POLARIZATION;

EID: 13444287942     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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