Educational business cycles : tthe political economy of teacher hiring across German states, 1992-2004

Public Choice

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 61-82

  Tepe, Markus ^a   Vanhuysse, Pieter ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electioneering; German federalism; Honeymooning; Political economic cycles; Public education; Teacher employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649131629     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9379-6     Document Type: Article

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