The governor's backyard: A seat-vote model of electoral reform for subnational multiparty races

Journal of Politics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1050-1074

  Calvo, Ernesto ^a   Micozzi, Juan Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745322500     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2005.00350.x     Document Type: Review

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