A re-examination of german government approval and economic performance: Is there a stable relationship between them?

International Economic Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-43

  Chang, Chun Ping ^a   Lee, Chien Chiang ^b  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Macroeconomics; Performance of government; Political business cycle; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951629166     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168731003589691     Document Type: Article

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