The politics of need: Examining governors’ decisions to oppose the “obamacare” medicaid expansion

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-460

  Barrilleaux, Charles ^a   Rainey, Carlisle ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Executive politics; Federal state; Federalism; Governors; Health policy; Legislative politics; Legislative executive interaction; Methodology; Public policy; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927740915     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440014561644     Document Type: Article

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