The impact of macroeconomic policies on the growth of public health expenditure: An empirical assessment from the Indian states

Cogent Economics and Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Behera, Deepak Kumar ^a   Dash, Umakant ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

economic growth; fiscal space; public health expenditure; tax revenue, fiscal balance, domestic debt, central grants, economic liberalization, Indian states, Indian economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042334442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23322039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2018.1435443     Document Type: Article

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