The ageing of Australia: Fiscal sustainability, intergenerational equity and inter-temporal fiscal balance

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-470

  Coombs, Greg ^a   Dollery, Brian ^b,c  

^a Australian Commonwealth Treasury   (Australia)

^b Department of Economics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 30344453716     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2004.tb01194.x     Document Type: Article

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