Keeping tabs on partners: The logic of delegation in coalition governments

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 580-598

  Thies, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035534481     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2669240     Document Type: Article

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