Party control of state government and the distribution of public expenditures

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-569

  Ansolabehere, Stephen ^a   Snyder Jr , James M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive politics; Political parties; Public expenditures; Swing voter

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATE ROLE;

EID: 33845960901     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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