Policy implications of behavioural economics: With special reference to the optimal level of public spending

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-306

  Ng, Yew Kwang ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 29144439217     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2005.00376.x     Document Type: Review

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