Growth effects of public expenditure on the state and local level: Evidence from a sample of rich governments

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1181-1192

  Schaltegger, Christoph A ^a,b,c   Torgler, Benno ^b,d  

^a Swiss Federal Tax Administration   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SPENDING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33745302397     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500392334     Document Type: Article

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