Split ticket voting in mixed member proportional systems: The hypothetical case of The Netherlands

Acta Politica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-179

  Gschwend, Thomas ^a   van der Kolk, Henk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33846631792     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500150     Document Type: Article

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