On the weights of nations: Assigning voting weights in a heterogeneous union

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-339

  Barberà, Salvador ^a,b   Jackson, Matthew O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministry of Education and Science   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646460470     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501172     Document Type: Article

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