Should governments stop subsidies to private goods? Evidence from rural Latin America

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1071-1094

  López, Ramón ^a   Galinato, Gregmar I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Government expenditures; Public goods; Rural development; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947176572     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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