Private versus public charity: Reassessing crowding out from the supply side

Public Choice

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 399-417

  Ferris, J Stephen ^a   West, Edwin G ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0041303425     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024803611758     Document Type: Review

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