Political entrepreneurship and bidding for political monopoly

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-295

  Wohlgemuth, Michael ^a  

^a Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entry barriers; Policy reform; Political competition; Political entrepreneurs; Schumpeter and public choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034338720     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001910050015     Document Type: Article

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