Is the Government Failure Theory Still Relevant? A panel analysis using US state level data

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-263

  Matsunaga, Yoshiho ^a   Yamauchi, Naoto ^b  

^a National Institute for Research Advancement   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 62249089889     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2004.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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