Galton's two papers on voting as robust estimation

Public Choice

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 357-365

  Levy, David M ^a   Peart, Sandra ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0036031799     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020836223192     Document Type: Article

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