Does the Median Voter or Special Interests Determine State Highway Expenditures? Recent Evidence
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عنوان ژورنال: Atlantic Economic Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0197-4254,1573-9678
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-016-9523-5