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Sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US Senate

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  • Heckelman, Jac C., 2000. "Sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US Senate," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 97-108, May.
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    1. Heckelman, Jac C., 2001. "Reply to a comment on sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US senate," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 441-444, December.
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    3. Jac C. Heckelman & Andrew J. Yates, 2008. "Senate Elections With Independent Candidates," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 20(1), pages 31-46, January.
    4. Klumpp, Tilman & Polborn, Mattias K., 2006. "Primaries and the New Hampshire Effect," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(6-7), pages 1073-1114, August.
    5. Swank, Otto H., 2001. "A comment on sequential elections and overlapping terms: voting for US Senate," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 437-440, December.
    6. Soubeyran, Raphael, 2006. "When Inertia Generates Political Cycles," Privatisation Regulation Corporate Governance Working Papers 12192, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    7. Raphaël Soubeyran, 2006. "When Inertia Generates Political Cycles," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 4(31), pages 1-8.

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