Economic growth and government expenditure: Evidence from a new test specification

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2125-2135

  Wahab, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; OECD; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 7244253009     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000306923     Document Type: Article

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