Institutional constraints on profligate politicians: The conditional effect of partisan fragmentation on budget deficits

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-229

  Wehner, Joachim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budget institution; Deficit; Fiscal policy; Legislature; Political party

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549086783     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414009347828     Document Type: Article

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