The macroeconomic impacts of government debt: An empirical analysis of the 1980s and 1990s

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-284

  Wheeler, Mark ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36148994874     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02299578     Document Type: Article

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