Cabinets and Legislative Cartels in Uruguay: Examining the Legislative Consequences of Government Formation
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1 This is a revised version of the first chapter of my dissertation and I stand in great debt to my dissertation supervisor Andrew Postlewaite, Stephen Coate, and Stephen Morris for comments, suggestions, encouragement, and patience. Two referees and an associate editor provided detailed comments and criticism that led to significant improvements of the paper. I also thank George Mailath, Andre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Politics in Latin America
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1866-802X,1868-4890
DOI: 10.1177/1866802x1300500104