Does government ideology influence deregulation of product markets? Empirical evidence from OECD countries

Public Choice

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-155

  Potrafke, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Government ideology; Panel data; Product market deregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949918257     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9494-z     Document Type: Article

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