Is there a "culture of spending" in congress?

Economics and Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-211

  Aka, Arsene ^a   Reed, W Robert ^b   Schansberg, D Eric ^c   Zhu, Zhen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

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EID: 0043234867     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.1996.tb00127.x     Document Type: Article

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