The price of transparency: Do campaign finance disclosure laws discourage political participation by citizens' groups?

Public Choice

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-374

  Gagnon, Alexandre Couture ^a   Palda, Filip ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campaign finance; Compliance cost; Disclosure; Entry barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751585391     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9594-9     Document Type: Article

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