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Public Management Review Volume 19, 2017 - Issue 9: Special issue: Replication, Experiments and Knowledge in Public Management Research. Guest editors: Richard M. Walker, Gene A. Brewer and Oliver James
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Rational planning and politicians’ preferences for spending and reform: replication and extension of a survey experiment

Bert GeorgeDepartment of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Ghent University, Gent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sebastian DesmidtDepartment of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Ghent University, Gent, BelgiumView further author information
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Poul A. NielsenDepartment of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
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Martin BaekgaardDepartment of Political Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkView further author information
Pages 1251-1271 | Published online: 27 Jul 2016

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