The dynamic effects of public capital: VAR evidence for 22 OECD countries

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 533-558

  Kamps, Christophe ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cointegration; OECD countries; Public capital; VAR model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744497014     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-005-1780-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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