A minimalist model of federal grants and flypaper effects

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-246

  Brennan, G ^a   Pincush, J J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Federal grants; Flypaper; Median voter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030213216     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01543-4     Document Type: Article

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