Strong politicians, small deficits: Evidence from Norwegian local governments

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-344

  Borge, Lars Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Budget deficits; Common pool problem; Party fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844410949     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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