Savings in public services after the crisis: A multilevel analysis of public preferences in the EU-27

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 597-618

  Van de Walle, Steven ^a   Jilke, Sebastian ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Austerity; Citizen attitudes; Eurobarometer; Financial crisis; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 84927737407     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852313517994     Document Type: Article

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