Convergence in government spending: Theory and cross-country evidence

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Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-620

  Skidmore, Mark ^a   Toya, Hideki ^b   Merriman, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 8744305122     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2004.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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