Bread and Peace voting in U.S. presidential elections

Public Choice

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 149-180

  Hibbs Jr , Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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