Public expenditure in the UK: How measures matter

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-271

  Soroka, Stuart N ^a   Wlezien, Christopher ^b   McLean, Iain ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budget; Fiscal policy; Functions; Policy; Spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645077072     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2006.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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