Pork and Turkey: Distributive Politics in the Allocation of Public Investments into Turkish Electoral Districts 1987–2004
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Pork Barrel; Turkey; Individual Legislator Characteristics;All these keywords.
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- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
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- NEP-CDM-2019-11-25 (Collective Decision-Making)
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