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SNTV and Its Political Consequences:
Mechanical Effect, Strategic Candidate Nomination, and the
Origins of Japan’s One-Party Dominance
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Yusaku Horiuchi
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and Masaru Kohno
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Last Updated: July 27, 2004
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Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
September 2 – September 5, 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association. We
gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the
National University of Singapore (R-108-000-008-112) and the School of Political Science and
Economics at Waseda University (Tokutei-Kadai Research Grant). We also thank Masami
Wakayama for his research assistance.
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Lecturer, the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, the Australian National
University. Email: yusaku.## email not listed ##. Phone: +61-2-6125-4295. Fax: +61-2-6125-5570.
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Professor of Political Science, the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University.
Email: ## email not listed ##. Phone: +81-3-3203-7365. Fax: +81-3-32048957.