Volunteering and the state

Public Choice

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 465-495

  Hackl, Franz ^a   Halla, Martin ^a,b   Pruckner, Gerald J ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democratization; Political consensus; Private provision of public goods; Public social expenditure; Voluntary labor supply; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855169485     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9754-y     Document Type: Article

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