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Procyclical government spending: patterns of pressure and prudence in the OECD

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Procyclical government spending: patterns of pressure and prudence in the OECD. / Abbott, Andrew James; Jones, Philip.
In: Economics Letters, Vol. 111, No. 3, 18.02.2011, p. 230-232.

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Abbott AJ, Jones P. Procyclical government spending: patterns of pressure and prudence in the OECD. Economics Letters. 2011 Feb 18;111(3):230-232. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.009

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Abbott, Andrew James ; Jones, Philip. / Procyclical government spending : patterns of pressure and prudence in the OECD. In: Economics Letters. 2011 ; Vol. 111, No. 3. pp. 230-232.

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