Allocating the U.S. federal budget to the states: The impact of the president

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 447-456

  Larcinese, Valentino ^a   Rizzo, Leonzio ^b   Testa, Cecilia ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646354946     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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