Fiscal austerity and the trade-off between public investment and social spending

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 921-938

  Breunig, Christian ^a   Busemeyer, Marius R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Budgeting; Comparative political economy; Electoral system; Fiscal austerity; Public investments; Welfare state policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892380789     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.614158     Document Type: Article

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