The real swing voter's curse

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Robinson, James A ^b   Torvik, Ragnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73849110879     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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