Bureaucrats, Legislators, and the Size of Government

American Political Science Review

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 297-322

  Miller, Gary J ^a   Moe, Terry M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974074591     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1958917     Document Type: Article

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