The size and composition of government spending in Europe and its impact on well-being

Kyklos

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-382

  Hessami, Zohal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; LIVING STANDARD; PUBLIC SPENDING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954808803     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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