The Abrams curve of government size and unemployment: Evidence from panel data

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1193-1199

  Christopoulos, Dimitris K ^a   Loizides, John ^b   Tsionas, Efthymios G ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANEL DATA; SIZE EFFECT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21344461891     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500109274     Document Type: Article

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