Presidents and parties: How presidential elections shape coordination in legislative elections

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 854-883

  Hicken, Allen ^a   Stoll, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electoral systems; party system aggregation; party systems; presidentialism; regime type

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958712099     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011401231     Document Type: Article

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