The effects of public investment on private investment in developing economies

Public Finance Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 575-602

  Erden, Lutfi ^a   Holcombe, Randall G ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Credit; Developing economies; Investment; Public expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944507382     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142105277627     Document Type: Review

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