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Effect of Government Agricultural Expenditure on Economic Growth: Evidence from a Developing Country

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Oeconomica
Volume 67 (2022): Issue 2 (August 2022)
By: Ebenezer Toyin Megbowon,  Lerato Mothae and  Joseph Rapholo Relebohile  
Open Access
|Sep 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subboec-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2065-9644
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 20
Published on: Sep 13, 2022
Published by: Babeș-Bolyai University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
Government Expenditure,
Agriculture Sector,
Economic Growth,
Keynesian Hypothesis
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Public finance and fiscal theory,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment,
Marketing, sales, customer relations,
Business management, other

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