The Composition of Government Expenditure in an Overlapping Generations Model
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- John Creedy & Shuyun May Li & Solmaz Moslehi, 2009. "The Composition of Government Expenditure in an Overlapping Generations Model," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 1064, The University of Melbourne.
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Keywords
Overlapping Generations Equilibrium Growth Median Voter Optimal Expenditure Public Goods Pensions;JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
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