Inferring strategic voting

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 624-662

  Kawai, Kei ^a   Watanabe, Yasutora ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878602716     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.2.624     Document Type: Article

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