Reaching out or pulling back: Macroeconomic conditions and public support for social welfare spending

Political Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-258

  Kam, Cindy D ^a   Nam, Yunju ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic conditions; Inflation; Public opinion; Unemployment; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949145952     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-007-9048-3     Document Type: Article

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