Democracy, Elections and Allocation of Public Expenditure in Developing Countries
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- Vergne, Clémence, 2009. "Democracy, elections and allocation of public expenditures in developing countries," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 63-77, March.
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