The impact of government debt on growth an empirical investigation for the euro area

Revue Economique

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1015-1029

  Checherita Westphal, Cristina ^a   Rother, Philipp ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 84856937350     PISSN: 00352764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/reco.626.1015     Document Type: Review

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