Democracy comes to Europe: Franchise extension and fiscal outcomes 1830-1938

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-283

  Aidt, T S ^a   Dutta, Jayasri ^b   Loukoianova, Elena ^c  

^a JESUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Election rules; Fiscal policy; Size of government; Voting franchise

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; FISCAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 31544468077     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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