Do Altruistic Preferences Matter for Voting Outcomes?

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Do Altruistic Preferences Matter for Voting Outcomes? / Mahler, Daniel Gerszon.

2017.

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Mahler, DG 2017 'Do Altruistic Preferences Matter for Voting Outcomes?'.

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Mahler, D. G. (2017). Do Altruistic Preferences Matter for Voting Outcomes? Working paper

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Mahler DG. Do Altruistic Preferences Matter for Voting Outcomes? 2017.

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