A general empirical law of public budgets: A comparative analysis

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 855-873

  Jones, Bryan D ^a   Baumgartner, Frank R ^b   Breunig, Christian ^c   Wlezien, Christopher ^d   Soroka, Stuart ^e   Foucault, Martial ^f   François, Abel ^g   Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^h   Koski, Chris ⁱ   John, Peter ^j   Mortensen, Peter B ^j   Varone, Frédéric ^k   Walgrave, Stefaan ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g Pôle Européen de Gestion et d'Économie PEGE   (France)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 70349337697     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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