Opinion polls and political business cycles: Theory and evidence for the United States

Public Choice

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 387-406

  Carlsen, Fredrik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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