Interest groups and investment: A further test of the Olson hypothesis

Public Choice

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 333-340

  Coates, Dennis ^a   Heckelman, Jac C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043180554     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:puch.0000003737.58212.a7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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