Incumbency as a source of spillover effects in mixed electoral systems: Evidence from a regression-discontinuity design

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-227

  Hainmueller, Jens ^a   Kern, Holger Lutz ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Contamination; Incumbency; Mixed electoral systems; Regression discontinuity design

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 43049101064     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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