Voting power, policy representation, and disparities in Voting's Rewards

Journal of Politics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-64

  Griffin, John D ^a   Newman, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872921270     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381612000862     Document Type: Article

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