Sustainable social spending

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-324

  Lindbeck, Assar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automatic adjustment mechanisms; Baumol's disease; Moral hazard; Sustainable fiscal policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746268472     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-9175-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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