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Research Article

Empirical test of the Ricardian Equivalence in the Kingdom of Lesotho

Teboho Jeremiah MosikariEconomics Department, North West University (NWU), Mafikeng2735, South AfricaView further author information
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Joel Hinaunye EitaDepartment of Economics & Econometrics, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 524, Auckland Park2006, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Kwok Tong SooLancaster University, UK
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Article: 1351674 | Received 16 Mar 2017, Accepted 03 Jul 2017, Published online: 17 Jul 2017

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