Trade-offs in public finance: Comparing the well-being of big spenders and lean spenders

International Political Science Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-358

  Wilensky, Harold L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Academy of Arts and Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporatism; Fiscal policy; Institutional performance; Political economy; Public policy; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750274962     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512106067356     Document Type: Article

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