The value of the vote: A model and test of the effects of turnout on distributive policy

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 609-623

  Fleck, Robert K ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033435650     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1999.tb01451.x     Document Type: Article

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