Coalition-Targeted duvergerian voting: How expectations affect voter choice under proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-323

  Bargsted, Matias A ^a   Kedar, Orit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 63749110220     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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