Costa rica: Modifying majoritarianism with 40 per cent threshold

The Handbook of Electoral System Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 133-144

  Lehoucq, Fabrice ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 85016369682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230522749     Document Type: Chapter

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