Do electoral rules matter?: Political institutions and foreign direct investment in Latin America

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-251

  Garland, Marshall W ^a   Biglaiser, Glen ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate centered systems; Collective action; District magnitude; Electoral institutions; Foreign direct investment; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149164726     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008325434     Document Type: Article

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