Fiscal performance and income inequality: Are unequal societies more deficit-prone?: Some cross-country evidence

Kyklos

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-80

  Larch, Martin ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84856294999     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2011.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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