Do political variables affect fiscal policy adjustment decisions? New empirical evidence

Public Choice

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 297-319

  Mierau, Jochen O ^a   Jong A Pin, Richard ^a   de Haan, Jakob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiscal adjustments; OECD countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649013239     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9189-2     Document Type: Article

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