Leviathans, federal transfers, and the cartelization hypothesis

Public Choice

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 449-465

  Köthenbürger, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 22044432562     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-005-7518-x     Document Type: Article

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