Democratization and the size of government: Evidence from the long 19th century

Public Choice

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 511-542

  Aidt, Toke S ^a   Jensen, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Size of government; Suffrage; Taxation; Threat of revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888332839     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0073-y     Document Type: Article

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