Large Changes in fiscal policy: Taxes versus spending

Tax Policy and the Economy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-68

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Ardagna, Silvia ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951696250     PISSN: 08928649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/649828     Document Type: Article

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