Roll-Off at the Top of the Ballot: International Undervoting in American Presidential Elections

Politics and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 575-594

  Knack, Stephen ^a   Kropf, Martha ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 27944470932     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2003.tb00163.x     Document Type: Article

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