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The Strategy of Ambiguity: Uncertainty and Electoral Competition

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  45. Amihai Glazer & Refael Hassin, 2001. "The Calculus of Stonewalling," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 13(4), pages 413-424, October.
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