Policy analysis in representative democracy

Promoting the General Welfare: New Perspectives on Government Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 19-39

  Weimer, David L ^a   Vining, Aidan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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