A spatial theory of party formation

Economic Theory

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-570

  Eguia, Jon X ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Party formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858294316     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0604-z     Document Type: Article

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