Bureaucrats at sea: A budget catch model

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-340

  Brandt, Urs Steiner ^a   Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; European Union; Lobbyism; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644998924     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500528795     Document Type: Review

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