Informative party labels with institutional and electoral variation

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-273

  Ashworth, Scott ^a   De Mesquita, Ethan Bueno ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative institutions; Endogenous affiliation; Informative party labels; Party discipline; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549085909     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: 14603667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629808090135     Document Type: Article

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