Ideological extremism and electoral design. Multimember versus single member districts

Public Choice

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 347-368

  Bertelli, Anthony ^a,b   Richardson Jr , Lilliard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral systems; Ideological branding; Legislator ideology; Multimember districts

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249117071     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9332-8     Document Type: Article

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