Does defence expenditure affect private consumption? Evidence from the United States

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1300-1309

  Pieroni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crowding out in; Military spending; Private consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849099519     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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