Veto players and law production in parliamentary democracies: An empirical analysis

American Political Science Review

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 591-608

  Tsebelis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033239350     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2585576     Document Type: Article

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