Strategic redistricting

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1616-1641

  Gul, Faruk ^a   Pesendorfer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956947716     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1616     Document Type: Article

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