Budget referendums and government spending: Evidence from Swiss cantons

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2703-2724

  Feld, Lars P ^a,b   Matsusaka, John G ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041608136     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00140-8     Document Type: Article

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