Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence
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Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence
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عنوان ژورنال: The Quarterly Journal of Economics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0033-5533,1531-4650
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1473