Partisanship and the effectiveness of oversight

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 674-687

  Fox, Justin ^a   Van Weelden, Richard ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Checks and balances; Herding; Partisanship; Reputation; Veto

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955273949     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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