How does the composition of public spending matter?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-82

  Paternostro, Stefano ^a   Rajaram, Anand ^a   Tiongson, Erwin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 33947144179     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810601167595     Document Type: Article

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