Unemployment and the democratic electoral advantage

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 685-702

  Wright, John R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873913599     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000330     Document Type: Article

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