Stability and coordination in Duverger's law: A formal model of preelection polls and strategic voting

American Political Science Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-147

  Fey, Mark ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031286129     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2952264     Document Type: Article

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