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Assessing Fiscal Sustainability with Panel Unit Root, Cointegration, and Granger Causality Tests: Evidence from the Broader Groups of Countries

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2024-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2385-8052 | Journal ISSN: 0547-3101
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 20
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2024
Published on: Oct 6, 2024
Published by: University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Science
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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