On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries
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- Olivera, Mauricio & Chong, Alberto E., 2005. "On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1556, Inter-American Development Bank.
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