Political fragmentation, fiscal deficits and political institutionalisation

Public Choice

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 255-267

  Elgie, Robert ^a   McMenamin, Iain ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Common pool resource problem; Fiscal deficit; Institutionalisation; Political fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349120221     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9294-x     Document Type: Article

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