Legislative professionalism and government spending: Do citizen legislators really spend less?

Public Finance Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 210-225

  Owings, Stephanie ^a   Borck, Rainald ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0034421755     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109114210002800304     Document Type: Article

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