Cyclical Patterns of Government Expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa; Facts and Factors
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- Lucie Gadenne & Victor D. Lledó & Irene Yackovlev, 2011. "A Tale of Cyclicality, Aid Flows and Debt: Government Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa," Post-Print hal-00813036, HAL.
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Cross country analysis; Developing countries; Aid flows; Business cycles; Capital flows; External debt; Economic models; Government expenditures; Fiscal policy; Political economy; Sub-Saharan Africa; and sub-Saharan Africa; government spending; fiscal space; expenditures;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2010-01-16 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2010-01-16 (All new papers)
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