Explaining the electoral performance of incumbents in democracies

Controlling Governments: Voters, Institutions, and Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 17-44

  Barreiro, Belén ^a  

^a Instituto Juan March   (Spain)

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EID: 84927090635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511611414.003     Document Type: Chapter

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