Special interest groups and the allocation of public funds

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 548-564

  Singhal, Monica ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Flypaper effect; Interest groups; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149087965     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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