The cost of ruling: A foundation stone for two theories

Economic Voting

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 17-44

  Nannestad, Peter ^a   Paldam, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203361511-11     Document Type: Chapter

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