Should I stay or should I go? An experimental study on voter responses to pre-electoral coalitions

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 556-577

  Gschwend, Thomas ^a   Hooghe, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 47649112917     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2008.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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