Expenditure reform in industrialised countries: A case-study approach

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-342

  Hauptmeier, Sebastian ^a   Heipertz, Martin ^b   Schuknecht, Ludger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 34948889241     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2007.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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