Government spending and taxation in democracies and autocracies

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-259

  Hausken, Kjell ^a   Martin, Christian W ^a   Plümper, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

autocracy; constitutional political economy; democracy; government spending; taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544254915     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COPE.0000040431.47529.58     Document Type: Article

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