Fiscal constitutions

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-25

  Gersbach, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitutions; Incomplete social contracts; Majority rules; Treatment rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043179823     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COPE.0000017961.33406.25     Document Type: Article

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