Changing the rules: Political competition under plurality and proportionality

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 547-567

  Mudambi, Ram ^a,b   Navarra, Pietro ^c   Sobbrio, Giuseppe ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D70; D72; Plurality; Political competition; Proportionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345778535     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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