Political attention and public spending in the United States

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-455

  Mortensen, Peter B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Political attention; Public opinion; Public spending changes; Punctuated equilibrium model

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODELING; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC SPENDING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349131517     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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