Political institutions and the wealth of regions: Swiss cantons in comparative perspective

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-301

  Freitag, Markus ^a   Vatter, Adrian ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consensus democracy; Direct democracy; Economic growth; Federalism; Political institutions; Swiss cantons

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 7544236170     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776404044019     Document Type: Article

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