A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets: A Comparative Analysis


Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas, Austin
Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Christian Breunig, University of Toronto
Christopher Wlezien, Temple University
Stuart Soroka, McGill University
Martial Foucault, University of Montreal
Abel François, Ecole Nationale des Télécommunications
Christoffer Green-Pedersen, University of Aarhus
Chris Koske, James Madison University
Peter John, University of Manchester
Peter B. Mortensen, University of Aarhus
Frédéric Varone, University of Geneva
Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp

American Journal of Political Science 53, 4 (October): 855-73.

 

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