Strategic campaigns and redistributive politics

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 522, 2007, Pages 936-963

  Schultz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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PARTY POLITICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447274739     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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