Government spending and legislative organization: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 200-212

  Egger, Peter ^a,c   Koethenbuerger, Marko ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)   (Germany)

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EID: 84881637154     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.4.200     Document Type: Article

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