Intergovernmental grants in Russia

Economics of Transition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-427

  Jarocińska, Elena ^a  

^a Centrum Analiz Społeczno Ekonomicznych   (Poland)

Author keywords

Intergovernmental grants; Redistributive politics; Russia

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLITICAL POWER; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77950121261     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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