Informational lobbying under the shadow of political pressure

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-559

  Dahm, Matthias ^a   Porteiro, Nicolás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

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EID: 41049093611     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-007-0264-x     Document Type: Article

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