Nexus between public health expenditure and income: Empirical evidence from Indian states

Journal of Applied Economic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1067-1076

  Behera, Deepak Kumar ^a   Dash, Umakant ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Income; Indian states; Panel cointegration; Public health expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991711200     PISSN: 18436110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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