Modelling the composition of government expenditure in democracies

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-55

  Creedy, John ^a   Moslehi, Solmaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Median voter; Public goods; Transfer payment

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849134380     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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