The political economy of budget deficits

Economics and Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-420

  Leachman, Lori L ^a   Rosas, Guillermo ^b   Lange, Peter ^a   Bester, Alan ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RANKING; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 35349014181     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2007.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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