Incentives for budget discipline in the presence of elections

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-884

  Candel Sánchez, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mechanism design; Political budget cycles; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048966276     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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