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Direct Democracy and the Stability of State Policy

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  • Amihai Glazer

    (Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine)

  • Anthony McGann

    (Department of Political Science, University of California-Irvine)

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  • Amihai Glazer & Anthony McGann, 2005. "Direct Democracy and the Stability of State Policy," Working Papers 050615, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics.
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