Electoral business cycles in OECD countries

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-122

  Canes Wrone, Brandice ^a   Park, Jee Kwang ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863257055     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055411000529     Document Type: Review

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