US presidential elections and real GDP growth, 1961-2004

Public Choice

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 337-352

  Grier, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monetary economics; Political business cycle; Presidential elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449144691     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9266-6     Document Type: Article

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