Political polarization and the size of government

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-565

  Lindqvist, Erik ^a,b   Östling, Robert ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77958477933     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055410000262     Document Type: Article

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