Incumbency advantages in the Canadian Parliament

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1560-1585

  Kendall, Chad ^a   Rekkas, Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA;

EID: 84874750274     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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