(2016):
Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking.
Houndmills, Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan.
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Prof. Dr. Hanna Bäck
Former Project Director
hanna.back [at] svet.lu.se
Phone:
+49-621-181-2842Postal Address
Lund
Sweden
Visiting Address
Lund University
Lund
Research Interests
- Parties and coalition formation
- Political participation and voting behavior
- Research methods
Projects
BI Associated Projects
Publications
(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)
Monographs
Bäck, Hanna
(2003):
Explaining Coalitions. Evidence and Lessons From Studying Coalition Formation in Swedish Local Government.
Uppsala:
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
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Journal Articles
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Michael Imre
(2024):
Populist Radical Parties, Pariahs, and Coalition Bargaining Delays.
Party Politics, 30, issue 1, pp. 96-107.
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Fernandes, Jorge M., Marc Debus and Hanna Bäck
(2021):
Unpacking the politics of legislative debates.
European Journal of Political Research, 60, issue 4, pp. 1032-1045.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2020):
Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant members of parliament in the German Bundestag.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43, issue 9, pp. 1673-1691.
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann and Marc Debus
(2019):
Coordination of legislative speech in times of crisis: Youth unemployment and debates on redistributive policies in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014.
International Journal of Social Welfare, 28, issue 4, pp. 404-417.
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2019):
The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in Parliamentary-Party Groups.
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44, issue 1, pp. 163-193.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2019):
When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates.
Political Studies, 67, issue 3, pp. 576–596.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2018):
Representing the Region on the Floor: Socioeconomic Characteristics of Electoral Districts and Legislative Speechmaking.
Parliamentary Affairs, 71, issue 1, pp. 73-102.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Heike Klüver
(2016):
Bicameralism, Intra-party Bargaining, and the Formation of Party Policy Positions: Evidence from the German Federal System.
Party Politics, 22, issue 3, pp. 405-417.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2016):
Intra-party diversity and ministerial selection in coalition governments.
Public Choice, 166, issue 3-4, pp. 355-378.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun
(2015):
Partisanship, Ministers and Biotechnology Policy.
Review of Policy Research, 32, issue 5, pp. 556-575.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2014):
Who takes the parliamentary floor? The role of gender in speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag.
Political Research Quarterly, 67, issue 3, pp. 504-518.
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Debus, Marc, and Hanna Bäck
(2014):
Der Einfluss von Mandatstyp und Wahlkreiseigenschaften auf die inhaltlichen Positionen in Parlamentsreden: Eine Untersuchung anhand der parlamentarischen Debatten im Deutschen Bundestag von 1998 bis 2002.
Swiss Political Science Review, 20, issue 2, pp. 330-353.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Henry Bäck
(2013):
Regional Government Formation in Varying Multilevel Contexts: A Comparison of Eight European Countries.
Regional Studies, 47, issue 3, pp. 368-387.
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Bäck, Hanna, Jan Teorell and Anders Westholm
(2011):
Explaining Modes of Participation. A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models.
Scandinavian Political Studies, 34, issue 1, pp. 74–97.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Patrick Dumont
(2011):
Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies.
European Journal of Political Research, 50, issue 4, pp. 441-478.
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Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby
(2009):
Does European Integration Lead to a Presidentialization of Executive Politics? Ministerial Selection in Swedish Post-War Cabinets.
European Union Politics, 10, issue 2, pp. 226-252.
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Bäck, Hanna, Thomas Persson and Henk Erik Meier
(2009):
Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs. The Proportional Allocation of Ministerial Posts in Coalition Governments.
Journal of Legislative Studies, issue 15, pp. 10-34.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Axel Hadenius
(2008):
Democracy and State Capacity. Exploring a J-shaped Relationship.
Governance, 21, issue 1, pp. 1-24.
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Bäck, Hanna
(2008):
Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Formation: Evidence from Swedish Local Government.
Party Politics, 14, issue 1, pp. 71-89.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont
(2008):
Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of Formateurs in Parliamentary Government Formation.
Public Choice, 135, issue 3-4, pp. 353 - 373.
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Lewin, Leif, Barbro Lewin, Hanna Bäck and Lina Westin
(2008):
A Kinder, Gentler Democracy? The Consensus Model and Swedish Disability Politics.
Scandinavian Political Studies, 31, issue 3, pp. 291-310.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont
(2007):
Combining Large-n and Small-n Strategies: The Way Forward in Coalition Research.
West European Politics, 30, issue 3, pp. 467–501.
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Dumont, Patrick, and Hanna Bäck
(2006):
Why So Few and Why So Late? Green Parties and the Question of Governmental Participation.
European Journal of Political Research, 45, issue Sonderheft, pp. 35-67.
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Bäck, Hanna
(2003):
Explaining and predicting coalition outcomes: Conclusions from studying data on local coalitions.
European Journal of Political Research, 42, issue 4, pp. 441–472.
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Book Chapters
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes
(2021):
The politics of legislative debates: An introduction.
Pp. 1-20 in:
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes
(Eds.)
The Politics of Legislative Debates.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes
(2021):
Unpacking comparative patterns in legislative debates.
Pp. 825-850 in:
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes
(Eds.)
The Politics of Legislative Debates.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Bäck, Hanna
(2010):
Den svenska regeringsbildningen i ett jämförande perspektiv.
Pp. 33-55 in:
Jörgen Hermansson
(Ed.)
Regeringsmakten i Sverige. Ett experiment i parlamentarism, 1917–2009.
Stockholm:
SNS.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Jacques Thomassen
(2009):
European Citizenship and Identity after Enlargement.
Pp. 184-207 in:
Jacques Thomassen
(Ed.)
The Legitimacy of the European Union after Enlargement.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Bäck, Hanna, and Jan Teorell
(2009):
The Stability of Partisanship: evidence from a Russian panel study.
Pp. 162-179 in:
John Bartle, Paolo Bellucci
(Eds.)
Political Parties and Partisanship.
London:
Routledge.
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Bäck, Hanna, Carina Gunnarsson and Magdalena Inkinen
(2008):
Explaining Generalised Trust.
Pp. 137-162 in:
Carina Gunnarsson
(Ed.)
Cultural Warfare and Trust: Fighting the Mafia in Palermo.
Manchester:
Manchester University Press.
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Bäck, Hanna, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby
(2008):
In Tranquil Waters? Swedish Cabinet Ministers in the Post-War Era.
Pp. 159-178 in:
Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont
(Eds.)
The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing.
London:
Routledge.
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Bäck, Hanna
(2008):
Intraparty Politics and Local Coalition Formation.
Pp. 53-68 in:
Daniela Giannetti, Kenneth Benoit
(Eds.)
Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies.
London:
Routledge.
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Papers / Reports
Thomassen, Jacques, and Hanna Bäck
(2008):
European Citizenship after Enlargement.
Fiesole
[EUI working papers]
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Conference Presentations
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Michael Imre
(2024):
Incumbency Advantages, Prime Minister Replacements and Government Formation.
[ECPR General Conference, Dublin, Irland, August 12th to August 15th, 2024]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2022):
Political Polarization and Bargaining Delays: Evidence from the German Federal States.
[Paneltagung: Jetzt wird regiert - Aktuelle Herausforderungen der deutschen Koalitionsdemokratie, (virtual conference), March 30th to March 31st, 2022]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2018):
Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant MPs in the German Bundestag.
[27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, September 25th to September 28th, 2018]
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2017):
Analyzing the Apportionment of Speaking Time in Parliamentary Party Groups: Does the Electoral Cycle Matter?.
[4th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Basel, June 29th to July 01st, 2017]
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann and Marc Debus
(2017):
Who Speaks for Young People? An Analysis of Debates on (Youth) Unemployment in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014.
[Youth in a Post-Crisis Europe: Policy-Making and its Effects, Lissabon, September 21st to September 22nd, 2017]
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Baumann, Markus, Hanna Bäck and Johan Bo Davidsson
(2017):
In line with the party? The role of intra-party politics, personal characteristics, and gender in Swedish cabinet appointments.
[7th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Milan, June 22nd to June 24th, 2017]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2016):
Representing the Region on the Floor Electoral Districts, Economic Characteristics, and Speechmaking in the German Bundestag.
[Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016]
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2016):
The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups.
[74th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 07th to April 10th, 2016]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus
(2016):
When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates.
[Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016]
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Baumann, Markus, Hanna Bäck and Johan Bo Davidsson
(2016):
In line with the party? The role of intra-party politics and gender in Swedish cabinet appointments.
[ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016]
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2014):
Campaigning in the House: The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups.
[4th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Edinburgh, June 19th to June 21st, 2014]
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Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2014):
Campaigning in the House: The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups.
[8th ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, September 03rd to September 06th, 2014]
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun
(2014):
Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Policy Outputs: A Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries.
[72nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 03rd to April 06th, 2014]
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun
(2014):
Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Policy Outputs: A Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries.
[Meeting of the Analytical Politics Section of the German Political Science Association, Budapest, May 23rd to May 24th, 2014]
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2013):
Who is allowed to take the floor? Individual and party-level determinants of the number of legislative speeches delivered by Swedish MPs.
[Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Cardiff, March 25th to March 27th, 2013]
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2013):
Who is allowed to take the floor? The role of saliency and gender when explaining speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag.
[71st National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 11th to April 14th, 2013]
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Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller
(2013):
Who takes the parliamentary floor? Party- and gender-specific issue attention in speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag.
[European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Barcelona, June 20th to June 22nd, 2013]
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Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2011):
Intra-party conflict and office allocation in coalition governments.
[ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments Conference, Leiden, November 24th to November 25th, 2011]
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Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2010):
The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties: An Evaluation of the Method of Deriving MPs’ Policy Positions from Parliamentary Speeches.
[68th National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22nd to April 25th, 2010]
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Bäck, Hanna, Henk Erik Meier, Jörn Fischer and Thomas Persson
(2009):
European Integration and Prime Ministerial Power. A Differential Impact on Cabinet Reshuffles in Germany and Sweden.
[ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009]
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Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Henry Bäck
(2009):
Regional government formation in varying multi-level contexts: A comparison of Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.
[ECPR Conference 2009 Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, April 14th to April 19th, 2009]
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Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Henry Bäck
(2009):
Regional Government Formation in Varying Multi-Level Contexts: A Comparison of Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.
[IPSA 2009 World Congress of Political Science, Santiago de Chile, July 12th to July 16th, 2009]
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Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2009):
The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties: An Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany.
[ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009]
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Müller, Wolfgang C., Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus
(2009):
The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties. An Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany.
[ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Martin Rosema
(2008):
Government Formation and Strategic Voting in Multiparty Systems.
[The Politics of Change workshop: How Parties, Elections and Voters Adjust to Changing Political Environments, Amsterdam, June 13th to June 14th, 2008]
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Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont and Marc Debus
(2008):
Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies.
[Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., August 28th to August 31st, 2008]
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Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby
(2007):
Does European Integration Lead to a Presidentialization of Executive Politics?.
[ECPR General meeting, Pisa, September 06th to September 08th, 2007]
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Bäck, Hanna, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby
(2007):
European Integration and Prime Ministerial Power: An Interrupted Time-Series Study of Cabinet Reshuffles.
[Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 30th to September 02nd, 2007]
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Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby
(2007):
Presidentialized Executive Politics. The Effect of European Integration in the Swedish case.
[ECPR Joint Sessions, Helsinki, May 07th to May 12th, 2007]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont
(2006):
Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of Formateurs in Parliamentary Government Formation.
[Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31st to September 03rd, 2006]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Jan Teorell
(2006):
The Stability of Partisanship. Evidence from a Russian Panel Study.
[ECPR Joint Sessions, Nicosia, April 25th to April 30th, 2006]
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Bäck, Hanna
(2005):
Intraparty Politics and Coalition Formation. Evidence from Swedish Local Government.
[ECPR Joint Sessions, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Thomas Persson
(2005):
Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs. A Study of the Mechanism Underlying Gamson's Law of Proportionality.
[ECPR Joint Sessions, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005]
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Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont
(2004):
A Combination of Methods. The Way Forward in Coalition Research.
[Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 02nd to September 05th, 2004]
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Bäck, Hanna, Jan Teorell and Anders Westholm
(2004):
Explaining Modes of Participation. A Dynamic Test of Alternative Theoretical Models.
[Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 02nd to September 05th, 2004]
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