Read my lips, watch for leaps: Preference equilibrium and political instability

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 508, 2006, Pages 246-265

  Fershtman, Chaim ^a,b   Heifetz, Aviad ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POLITICAL POWER; SOCIAL POLICY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645916070     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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