Government partisanship and managing the economy: Japan and Sweden in comparative perspective

Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-97

  Kato, Junko ^a   Rothstein, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 33645119507     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2006.00304.x     Document Type: Review

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