The economic effects of democratic participation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 2129-2155

  Mueller, Dennis C ^a   Stratmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class bias; Elections; Political process; Voter participation rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141648656     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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