Are voting and buying behavior consistent? Evidence from the South Carolina education lottery

Public Finance Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 669-688

  Ghent, Linda S ^a   Grant, Alan P ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border shopping; Lottery; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248900333     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142107299602     Document Type: Article

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