Government transparency and policymaking

Public Choice

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-44

  Fox, Justin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Government transparency; Political agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947186414     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9103-3     Document Type: Article

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