Soothing politics

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-133

  Levy, Raphaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Political agency; Political economy of reforms; Selective memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913543756     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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