The size and scope of government in the US states: Does party ideology matter?

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-714

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a   Potrafke, Niklas ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Political ideology; Size and scope of government; US states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881023691     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-013-9284-x     Document Type: Article

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