Rational abstention and the congressional vote choice

Economics and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-340

  Rothenberg, Lawrence S ^a   Sanders, Mitchell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0013414757     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0343.00064     Document Type: Article

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