The inefficient secret revisited: The legislative input and output of Brazilian deputies

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-479

  Neto, Octavio Amorim ^a   Santos, Fabiano ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b Rio de Janeiro Grad Res Institute   (Brazil)

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EID: 3042530066     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298003x200962     Document Type: Review

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