Economics, politics, and the cost of ruling in advanced industrial democracies: How much does context matter?

Economic Voting

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 66-91

  Palmer, Harvey D ^a   Whitten, Guy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85140173272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203361511-13     Document Type: Chapter

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