Do multimember districts lead to free-riding?

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-679

  Snyder Jr , James M ^a,c,d   Ueda, Michiko ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Political Science ^*

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 41449118503     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298007782398503     Document Type: Article

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