Effective magnitude and effective threshold

Electoral Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Taagepera, Rein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PROCESS;

EID: 0032403448     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(97)00053-X     Document Type: Note

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