Accountability and local elections: Rethinking retrospective voting

Journal of Politics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 844-858

  Berry, Christopher R ^a,b   Howell, William G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 34547434745     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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