Abstention in daylight: Strategic calculus of voting in the european parliament

Public Choice

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 179-211

  Noury, Abdul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 17544366360     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-004-9221-8     Document Type: Article

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