Better the devil you know than the saint you don't? Risk propensity and vote choice in Mexico

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-119

  Morgenstern, Scott ^a   Zechmeister, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035579808     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00060     Document Type: Review

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