Federal budget allocation in an emergent democracy: Evidence from Argentina

Economics of Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-83

  Bercoff, José J ^a   Meloni, Osvaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Congress; Distributive politics; Emergent democracy; Federal budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949116244     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-008-0052-9     Document Type: Article

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