The corrective effect of ministerial resignations on government popularity

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-56

  Dewan, Torun ^a   Dowding, Keith ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27744588711     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2005.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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