Strategic delegation and voting rules

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 102-113

  Harstad, Bård ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective decisions; Decentralization v centralization; Elections; Political systems; Strategic delegation; Voting rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249106359     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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