Foreign aid and domestic politics: Voting in congress and the allocation of USAID contracts across congressional districts

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 598-617

  Fleck, Robert K ^a   Kilby, Christopher ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0035605889     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061453     Document Type: Article

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