Implications of the 'bread and peace' model for the 2008 US presidential election

Public Choice

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Hibbs Jr , Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2008 election; Iraq war; Presidential elections; Real income growth; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449131405     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9333-7     Document Type: Article

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