Local Government Spending Multipliers and Financial Distress: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 581, 2014, Pages 1279-1316

  Brückner, Markus ^a   Tuladhar, Anita ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Monetary Authority of Singapore   (Singapore)

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EID: 84915782007     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12076     Document Type: Article

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