When moderate voters prefer extreme parties: Policy balancing in parliamentary elections

American Political Science Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-199

  Kedar, Orit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 20744454113     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055405051592     Document Type: Article

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