Campaign spending regulation in a model of redistributive politics

Economic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-124

  Sahuguet, Nicolas ^a   Persico, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign spending regulation; Redistributive politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144481355     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0610-0     Document Type: Article

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