Policy Choices in Assembly versus Representative Democracy : Evidence from Swiss Communes
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- Funk, Patricia & Litschig, Stephan, 2020. "Policy choices in assembly versus representative democracy: Evidence from Swiss communes," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
- Patricia Funk & Stephan Litschig, 2017. "Policy Choices in Assembly versus Representative Democracy : Evidence from Swiss Communes," GRIPS Discussion Papers 17-07, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
- Patricia Funk & Stephan Litschig, 2019. "Policy Choices in Assembly versus Representative Democracy: Evidence from Swiss Communes," GRIPS Discussion Papers 19-27, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
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