Split-ticket voting in times of sub-national government reorganisation: Evidence from Denmark

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-439

  Elklit, Jørgen ^a,b   Kjaer, Ulrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 70350165087     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2009.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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