Separating economic from political influences on government decisions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-425

  Crone, Lisa ^a   Tschirhart, John ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest service; Forestry; Interest groups; L51; Public interest theory; Q23; Regulatory behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001627204     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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