A Tactical Error in the Analysis of Tactical Voting: A Response to Niemi, Whitten and Franklin

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 131-137

  Evans, Geoffrey ^a   Heath, Anthony ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007076571     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123400006591     Document Type: Article

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