Public good provision under dictatorship and democracy

Public Choice

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 241-262

  Deacon, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictatorship and democracy; Governance; Public good provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949144469     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9391-x     Document Type: Article

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