Do electoral institutions have an impact on population health?

Public Choice

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 595-610

  Wigley, Simon ^a   Akkoyunlu Wigley, Arzu ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electoral disproportionality; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; Redistributive policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052355610     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9686-6     Document Type: Article

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