The diffusion of policy innovations -an experimental investigation

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-442

  Tyran, Jean Robert ^a   Sausgruber, Rupert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Innovation; Policy emulation; Policy experimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844448124     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-005-0261-0     Document Type: Review

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