Issue unbundling via citizens' initiatives

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-397

  Besley, Timothy ^a   Coate, Stephen ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 67651027843     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00008059     Document Type: Article

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