Vote splitting as insurance against uncertainty

Public Choice

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 153-169

  Bugarin, Mauricio Soares ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Insurance; State dependent utilities; Uncertainty; Vote splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033484403     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026424529595     Document Type: Article

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