"New" public investment and/or public capital maintenance for growth? The Canadian experience

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 586-600

  Kalaitzidakis, Pantelis ^a   Kalyvitis, Sarantis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 25844482051     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi040     Document Type: Article

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