Rethinking the partisan effects of higher turnout: So what's the question?

Public Choice

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 357-376

  Grofman, Bernard ^a   Owen, Guillermo ^b   Collet, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0033416637     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018397327176     Document Type: Article

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