The control of politicians in divided societies: The politics of fear

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1259-1274

  Miquel, Gerard Padró I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 34548531846     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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