War finance and the baby boom

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 459-473

  Zhao, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boom; Fertility; Government debt; WWII

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902326943     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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