Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-238

  Potrafke, Niklas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural policy; Direct democracy; Political ideology; Political representation; Principal agent problem; Referendum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884587922     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-013-9141-z     Document Type: Article

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