Institutional gamblers: Majoritarian representation, electoral uncertainty, and the coalitional costs of Mexico's hybrid electoral system

Electoral Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 453-471

  Calvo, Ernesto ^a,b   Abal Medina, Juan Manuel ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Di Tella   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bilogit; Elections; Majoritarian representation; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ELECTIONEERING; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; MEXICO; POLITICS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0036300468     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(01)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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