The conditional impact of incumbency on government formation

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 503-518

  Martin, Lanny W ^a   Stevenson, Randolph T ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958454881     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055410000213     Document Type: Article

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