Cyclical ratcheting in government spending: Evidence from the OECD

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 353-361

  Hercowitz, Zvi ^a   Strawczynski, Michel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Bank of Israel   (Israel)

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EID: 1842586441     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323023868     Document Type: Article

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