Social capital, lobbying and community-based interest groups

Public Choice

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 167-185

  Chamlee Wright, Emily ^a   Storr, Virgil Henry ^b  

^a BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Lobbying; Post disaster recovery; Rent seeking; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052436865     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9834-7     Document Type: Article

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