Institutions and pro-cyclicality of fiscal policy in Sub Saharan Africa
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Fiscal policy; Economic institutions; Political institutions; GMM;All these keywords.
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- E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
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