Myopic voters and natural disaster policy

American Political Science Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-406

  Healy, Andrew ^a   Malhotra, Neil ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73949094859     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990104     Document Type: Article

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