Who benefits from distributive politics? how the outcome one studies affects the answer one gets

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-474

  Kramon, Eric ^a   Posner, Daniel N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84878319695     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592713001035     Document Type: Article

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