Government expenditure, governance and economic growth

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-418

  Cooray, Arusha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 68449096140     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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