Political Budget Cycles

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Political Budget Cycles. / Aaskoven, Lasse; Lassen, David Dreyer.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. (Oxford Research Encyclopedia).

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapportEncyclopædiartikelForskningfagfællebedømt

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Aaskoven, L & Lassen, DD 2017, Political Budget Cycles. i Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Oxford Research Encyclopedia. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.163

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Aaskoven, L., & Lassen, D. D. (2017). Political Budget Cycles. I Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics Oxford University Press. Oxford Research Encyclopedia https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.163

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Aaskoven L, Lassen DD. Political Budget Cycles. I Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2017. (Oxford Research Encyclopedia). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.163

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Aaskoven, Lasse ; Lassen, David Dreyer. / Political Budget Cycles. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. (Oxford Research Encyclopedia).

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