Government consumption and the composition of private expenditure: A conditional error correction model

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-166

  Aristei, David ^a   Pieroni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MICROECONOMICS; MODELING; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41749122407     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2008.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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