Voting power and voting blocs

Public Choice

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 293-311

  Leech, Dennis ^a   Leech, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745882964     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-1914-8     Document Type: Article

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