The Disadvantage of Winning an Election
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- Enriqueta Aragones & Santiago Sanchez-Pages, 2010. "The disadvantage of winning an election," Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series 194, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh.
- Aragonès, Enriqueta & Sánchez-Pagés, Santiago, 2010. "The disadvantage of winning an election," SIRE Discussion Papers 2010-21, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
- Enriqueta Aragonès & Santiago Sánchez-Pagés, 2010. "The disadvantage of winning an election," UFAE and IAE Working Papers 811.10, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC).
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Incumbency advantage; Referenda; Popular initiatives; elections;All these keywords.
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- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
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