Parties as political intermediaries

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1453-1489

  Caillaud, Bernard ^b   Tirole, Jean ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036868003     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302320935070     Document Type: Article

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