Increasing Public Expenditure: Wagner's Law in OECD Countries

German Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-164

  Lamartina, Serena ^a   Zaghini, Andrea ^b  

^a European Central Bank   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

C23; E62; Fiscal policy; H50; Panel cointegration; Wagner's Law

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; OECD; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 79954500070     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2010.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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