Does the nationalization of party systems affect the composition of public spending?

Economics of Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-98

  Lago Peñas, Ignacio ^a   Lago Peñas, Santiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electoral system; Fiscal policy; Nationalization; Party system; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949149150     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-008-0051-x     Document Type: Article

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