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A Battleground No More: Cosmopolitanism, the Culture Wars, and the Urban-Rural Divide in Ohio Elections, 2004-2020 不再是战场:2004-2020年俄亥俄州选举中的世界主义、文化战争和城乡鸿沟

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2022-01-13 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1046

C. Swearingen, Thomas Lindstrom

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The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy 《万物的价值:在全球经济中创造与获取

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2022-01-05 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1044

David Mcclough

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Examination of New Zealand’s Use of Mixed-Member Proportional System 新西兰使用混合成员比例制的检验

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1030

Faith Howard

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The 2020 Taiwanese General Election: An Analysis of Electoral Consequences and Election Data 2020年台湾大选:选举结果与选举数据分析

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1032

Steve Cordle

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The Great Recession: Evidence of Institutional Evolution? 大衰退:制度演变的证据?

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1036

David Mcclough

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2017 New Zealand General Election 2017年新西兰大选

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1035

Christopher Kirkwood

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Index Derivatives Markets and Price Discovery in the S & P 500 标准普尔500指数衍生品市场和价格发现

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1038

Gregory W. Arburn, Spencer Giesige

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Democracy in Mexico 墨西哥的民主

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.4324/9781315036502-4

Noah Holtman

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The Role of Mass Media in an American View of the Chinese “Belt and Road Initiative” 大众传媒在美国人眼中中国“一带一路”倡议中的作用

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1027

James A. Schnell, Brian L. Schnell

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Ballot Measures in the Tristate: An Examination of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky 三州的投票措施:对俄亥俄州、印第安纳州和肯塔基州的考察

The Journal of Economics and Politics Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.59604/1046-2309.1024

S. Reilly

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