The size and composition of government expenditure

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2230-2260

  Shelton, Cameron A ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Country size; Fragmentation; Government size; Openness; Redistribution; Wagner's Law

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648937976     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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