It's the Media, Stupid - How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending
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- Christian Bruns & Oliver Himmler, 2008. "It's the Media, Stupid - How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending," CESifo Working Paper Series 2493, CESifo.
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Keywords
public spending; information; television; elections;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
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