Administrative burden: Learning, psychological, and compliance costs in citizen-state interactions

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-69

  Moynihan, Donald ^a   Herd, Pamela ^a   Harvey, Hope ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84922570233     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muu009     Document Type: Article

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