Voter information and power dilution: Evidence from Sicilian provincial elections

Public Choice

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 169-180

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Navarra, Pietro ^a,b   Sobbrio, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

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EID: 0031497835     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004970720735     Document Type: Article

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