Partisan policies, macroeconomic performance and political support

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 367-386

  Swank, Otto H ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0032384388     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(98)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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