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Deficits, tax burden and unemployment

In: A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics

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  • Silvia Fedeli
  • Francesco Forte

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This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on economic elements in the fields of philosophy, sociology, psychology, history and law.

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  • Silvia Fedeli & Francesco Forte, 2014. "Deficits, tax burden and unemployment," Chapters, in: Francesco Forte & Ram Mudambi & Pietro Maria Navarra (ed.), A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics, chapter 5, pages 116-140, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. Silvia Fedeli & Francesco Forte & Ottavio Ricchi, 2015. "The Long Term Negative Relationship Between Public Deficit and Structural Unemployment: An Empirical Study of OECD Countries (1980–2009)," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 43(1), pages 39-54, March.

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