Is fiscal policy sustainable in developing economies?

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 518-530

  Ghatak, Subrata ^a   Sánchez Fung, José R ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; FISCAL POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; PERU; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THAILAND; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34547114021     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2006.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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