Bureaucratic behavior modeled by reduced-rank regression: The case of expenditures from the Soviet state budget

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-187

  Burkett, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic behavior; C5; H5; P35; Public finance; Reduced rank regression; Soviet economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039502343     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(97)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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