Do (some) Canadian voters punish a prime minister for calling a snap election?

Political Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-323

  Blais, André ^a   Gidengil, Elisabeth ^b   Nevitte, Neil ^c   Nadeau, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 3042654715     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2004.00481.x     Document Type: Review

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