Political economy of grant allocations: The case of federal highway demonstration grants

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Gamkhar, Shama ^a   Ali, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Government Accountability Office

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EID: 44849118184     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: 17477107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/publius/pjm028     Document Type: Article

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