Thomas Pluemper

Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics

Professor of Quantitative Social Research

Vienna

Austria

University of Essex - Department of Government

Wivenhoe Park

Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ

United Kingdom

http://www.polsci.org/pluemper

  • Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics

  • University of Essex - Department of Government

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1.

The Estimation of Time-Invariant Variables in Panel Analyses with Unit Fixed Effects

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Aug 2004
Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government
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Time invariate variable, fixed effects, panel analysis, vector decomposition, Hausman-Taylor

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International Terrorism and the Clash of Civilizations

British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 711-734, 2009
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2009
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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terrorism, clash, civilizations, Huntington, international conflict

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The Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The Impact of Catastrophic Events on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981-2002

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp. 551-566, 2007
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2010
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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natural disaster, vulnerability, gender, mortality, socio-economic status

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Efficient Estimation of Rarely Changing Variables in Fixed Effects Models

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Nov 2004
Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government
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Unit heterogeneity, fixed effects, panel data, re-analysis

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The Unequal Burden of War: The Effect of Armed Conflict on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy

International Organization, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2011
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Conflict, Life Expectancy, Gender Gap, War, Civil War

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The Politics of EU Eastern Enlargement: Evidence from a Heckman Selection Model

British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 17-38, January 2006
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
Thomas Pluemper, Christina J. Schneider and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics, University of California, San Diego and University of Essex - Department of Government
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International Unions, Enlargement, Transition, Heckman Panel Probit

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Case Selection and Causal Inference in Qualitative Research

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2012
Thomas Pluemper, Vera E. Troeger and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics, University of Essex - Department of Government and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Fixed Effects Vector Decomposition: Reply

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2011
Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government
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Fixed Effects Vector Decomposition, Efficiency, Unbiasedness, Consistency, Instruments

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The Level of Democracy During Interregnum Periods: Recoding the polity2 Score

Political Analysis, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 206-226, 2010
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2010
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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democracy, interregnum, transition, state failure, anarchy, civil war

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Model Specification in the Analysis of Spatial Dependence

European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 418-442, 2010
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2012
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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spatial, econometrics, weighting matrix, specification, diffusion, contagion, spill-over

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External Effects of Currency Unions

WZB Markets and Political Economy Working Paper No. SP II 2004-06
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Jul 2004
Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government
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Interest Rates, Monetary Policy Autonomy, Currency Unions, Bundesbank, European Central Bank

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The Friend of My Enemy is My Enemy: International Alliances and International Terrorism

European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 49, p. 1, pp. 75-96, 2010
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 May 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2012
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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The Political Economy of Natural Disaster Damage

Global Environmental Change 24, 2014, 8-19
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2014
Eric Neumayer, Thomas Pluemper and Fabian Barthel
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Famine Mortality, Rational Political Inactivity, and International Food Aid

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Famine Mortality, Rational Political Inactivity, and International Food Aid

World Development, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2015
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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famine, mortality, food aid, democracy, autocracy, developing countries

Famine Mortality, Rational Political Inactivity, and International Food Aid

LSE PSPE Working Paper No. 2
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2015
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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famine, mortality, food aid, democracy, autocracy, developing countries

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Tax Competition Under Budget Rigidities and Fairness Norms

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Aug 2004
Thomas Pluemper, Vera E. Troeger and Hannes Winner
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics, University of Essex - Department of Government and University of Salzburg - Department of Economics and Social Sciences
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Political economy, tax competition, tax equity, public expenditure, fiscal policy, spatial panel econometrics

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Number of Parties, Endogenous Partisan Preferences and Electoral Turnout Rates: A Stochastic Equilibrium Analysis

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Aug 2004
Christian W. Martin and Thomas Pluemper
New York University (NYU) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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Disequilibrium model, agent based computer simulation, voting behavior, electoral abstention, endogenous partisan preferences

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The Computation of Convergence, or: How to Chase a Black Cat in a Dark Room

Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 990-1011, October 2009.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
Thomas Pluemper and Christina J. Schneider
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of California, San Diego
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convergence, clubs, variance approach, regression approach

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Model Uncertainty and Robustness Tests: Towards a New Logic of Statistical Inference

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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model uncertainty, misspecification, robustness, inferences, model averaging

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Foreign Terror on Americans

Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 3-17, 2011
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 May 2007 Last Revised: 15 May 2011
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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Widening Versus Deepening of International Unions

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Dec 2006
Kjell Hausken, Walter Mattli and Thomas Pluemper
Stavanger University College, University of Oxford and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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Widening, deepening, union, regulation, policy, harmonization, insiders, outsiders, two-stage game, political economy

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Spatial Effects in Dyadic Data

International Organization, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 145-166, 2010
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2012
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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spatial, contagion, diffusion, spill-over, dyadic, dependence

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Too Much to Die, Too Little to Live Unemployment, Higher Education Policies and University Budgets in Germany

Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 631-653, June 2007
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
Thomas Pluemper and Christina J. Schneider
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of California, San Diego
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Unemployment, Higher Education, University Budgets, Germany

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Multi-Party Competition: A Stochastic Equilibrium Analysis

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Apr 2005
Thomas Pluemper and Christian W. Martin
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and New York University (NYU)
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Multiparty Competition, Partisan Positioning, Political Polarization, Stochastic Equilibrium, Computational Model

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Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention

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Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention

World Development, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1530-1541, 2011
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2013
Philip Keefer, Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
Inter-American Development Bank, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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disaster, mortality, political economy, democracy, risk, public goods

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Health Spending, Out-of-Pocket Contributions, and Mortality Rates

Public Administration, 91 (2), 2013, pp. 403-418
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2013
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Discriminatory Membership and the Redistribution of Enlargement Gains: A Rational Expectations Approach to EU Membership Accession

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 568-587, August 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
Thomas Pluemper and Christina J. Schneider
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of California, San Diego
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EU, Enlargement, Conflict, Discrimination, Membership

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Fear of Floating and the External Effects of Currency Unions

IIIS Discussion Paper No. 181
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Nov 2006
Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government
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Fear of Floating and De Facto Exchange Rate Pegs with Multiple Key Currencies

International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 1121-1142, 2011
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2012
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Political Science Research and Methods, 4 (1), 2016, pp. 175-193
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2015
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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spatial dependence, spatial lag, spatial-x, spatial error, weighting matrix, connectivity, specification

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The 'Peer-Effect' in Counterterrorist Policies

International Organization, 69 (1), 2014, pp. 209-232
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2013
Eric Neumayer, Thomas Pluemper and Mariaelisa Epifanio
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government
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Multi-Party Competition: A Computational Model with Abstention and Biased Voters

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Feb 2006
Thomas Pluemper and Christian W. Martin
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and New York University (NYU)
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Multiparty Competition, Multidimensional Policy Space, Computational Political Economy

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Galton's Problem and Contagion in International Terrorism along Civilizational Lines

Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 308-325, 2010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2010
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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Conditional Spatial Policy Dependence: Theory and Model Specification

Comparative Political Studies, 45 (7), 2012, pp. 819-849
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 May 2011 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2012
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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spatially dependent, spatial policy, policy choice

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Free-Riding in Alliances: Testing an Old Theory with a New Method

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 32 (3), 2015, pp. 247–268
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2015
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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military alliances, free-riding, burden sharing, NATO, defense spending

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Population and Sample Uncertainty

EPSA 2013 Annual General Conference Paper 166
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Jun 2013
Thomas Pluemper and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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EPSA 2013 Annual General Conference Paper 165, Political Science Research and Methods, 4 (1), 2016, pp. 175-193
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2015
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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The Double-Edged Sword of Learning from Natural Disasters: Mortality in the Tohoku Tsunami

Global Environmental Change, 44, 2017, pp. 49-56
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 May 2018
Thomas Pluemper, Alejandro Quiroz Flores and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics, University of Essex and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Spatial Spill-Overs From Terrorism on Tourism: Western Victims in Islamic Destination Countries

Public Choice, Vol. 169, No. 3, 2016, pp. 195-206
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 May 2018
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics
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Terrorism, Tourism, Civilizations, Islamism, Spatial Dependence

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The Limits to Equivalent Living Conditions: Regional Disparities in Premature Mortality in Germany

Journal of Public Health, 26 (3), 2018, pp. 309-319
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 May 2018
Thomas Pluemper, Denise Laroze and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics, University of Santiago, Chile - Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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premature mortality, living standards, health policy, socioeconomic, regional inequality

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Regional Inequalities in Premature Mortality in Great Britain

PLOS One, 13 (2), 2018
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Jun 2018
Thomas Pluemper, Denise Laroze and Eric Neumayer
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics, University of Santiago, Chile - Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Regional Inequality, Spatial Pattern Recognition, Premature Mortality, Health Inequalities

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Inequalities of Income and Inequalities of Longevity: A Cross-Country Study

American Journal of Public Health, 106 (1), 2016, pp. 160-165
Posted: 14 May 2018
Eric Neumayer and Thomas Pluemper
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics

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life expectancy, mortality, income inequality, health inequality

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Efficient Estimation of Time-Invariant and Rarely Changing Variables in Finite Sample Panel Analyses with Unit Fixed Effects

Political Analysis, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 124-139, 2007
Posted: 12 Aug 2009
Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Socioeconomics and University of Essex - Department of Government

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