Interest groups and economic performance: Some new evidence

Public Choice

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 301-315

  Horgos, Daniel ^a   Zimmermann, Klaus W ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Growth rate; Inflation rate; Interest groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849089973     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9360-4     Document Type: Article

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