Rational partisan theory: Empirical evidence for the United States

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-82

  Carlsen, Fredrik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0032379065     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061352     Document Type: Article

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