Public investment, national debt, and economic growth: The role of debt finance under dynamic inefficiency
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- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
- H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
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