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The design of electoral rules and their impact on economic growth: the Italian case

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  • M.Rosaria Alfano
  • A. Laura Baraldi

    (Dipartimento di Diritto ed Economia, Seconda Università di Napoli)

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  • M.Rosaria Alfano & A. Laura Baraldi, 2008. "The design of electoral rules and their impact on economic growth: the Italian case," Working Papers 3_2008, D.E.S. (Department of Economic Studies), University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy.
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