Centralism, federalism, and the nature of individual preferences

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-172

  Mueller, Dennis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Centralization; Endogenous; Federalism; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043076749     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016654204852     Document Type: Article

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