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Human capital formation and public debt: growth and welfare effects of three different deficit policies

Alfred GreinerDepartment of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 369-385 | Received 18 May 2015, Accepted 03 Dec 2015, Published online: 06 Feb 2016

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