Foreign investment, international trade and the size and structure of public expenditures

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-171

  Gemmell, Norman ^a   Kneller, Richard ^a   Sanz, Ismael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compensation hypothesis; Composition of government expenditure; Efficiency hypothesis; Foreign direct investment; Globalization; Size of public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949177356     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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