Research note: Random events, economic losses, and retrospective voting: Implications for democratic competence

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-208

  Healy, Andrew ^a   Malhotra, Neil ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77958608310     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00009057     Document Type: Article

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