Strategic ticket splitting and the personal vote in mixed-member electoral systems

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-276

  Moser, Robert G ^a   Scheiner, Ethan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 30344434321     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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