Do Good Or Do Well? Public Debt Management In A Two‐Party Economy
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.1995.tb00104.x
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- G Milesi-Feretti, 1991. "Do Good or Do Well? Public Debt Management in a Two-Party Economy," CEP Discussion Papers dp0053, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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