Public sector growth: Comparing politicians' and Administrators' spending preferences

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 185-204

  Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33646688907     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2006.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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