Democracies and deficits: Prospects for fiscal responsibility in democratic nations

Governance

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-34

  Posner, Paul ^a   Blöndal, Jón ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

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EID: 84855183245     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2011.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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