Measures and models of budgetary policy

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-286

  Wlezien, Christopher ^a   Soroka, Stuart N ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; POLITICAL PROCESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142261076     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0072.00015     Document Type: Article

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