A model of spoils politics

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-222

  Dal Bó, Ernesto ^a,b   Powell, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 58049165520     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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