First come, first served: The effect of ballot position on electoral success in open ballot PR elections

Representation

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-181

  Lutz, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77954641628     PISSN: 00344893     EISSN: 17494001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00344893.2010.485808     Document Type: Article

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