Endogenous election timing in majoritarian parliamentary systems

Economics and Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-110

  Smith, Alastair ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002831862     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.1996.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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