The impact of government structure on local public expenditures

Public Choice

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 457-473

  MacDonald, Lynn ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City manager; Council size; Election method; Government expenditure; Law of 1 n; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349147106     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9308-8     Document Type: Article

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