Terrorism and pork-barrel spending

Public Choice

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 275-287

  Coats, R Morris ^a   Karahan, Gökhan ^a   Tollison, Robert D ^b  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeland Security grants; Patriot Act; Pork barrel spending; Public interest theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748628265     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9054-8     Document Type: Article

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