Do politicians' preferences correspond to those of the voters? An investigation of political representation

Public Choice

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-162

  Ågren, Hanna ^a   Dahlberg, Matz ^a   Mörk, Eva ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Local public services; Political representation; Survey data; Voters' and politicians' preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846460822     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9077-1     Document Type: Article

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