Economic outcomes and voting behaviour in a multi-party system: An application to the Netherlands

Public Choice

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 195-213

  Swank, O H ^a   Eisinga, R ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033432618     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018393902890     Document Type: Article

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