Economic determinants of electoral outcomes

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 183-219

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Stegmaier, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034360816     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.3.1.183     Document Type: Review

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