Transparency and economic policy

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1023-1048

  Gavazza, Alessandro ^a   Lizzeri, Alessandro ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC POLICY; MODELING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC SPENDING; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 67549124851     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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