• International Area Studies Review
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.327-349
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• 2008

This essay ascertains the relationship between counter-honeymoon elections and presidential party's electoral advantages. In order to achieve this goal, this study briefly reviews the literature relevant to this subject. And this study empirically tests the impacts of the couter-honeymoon elections on the electoral results by analyzing the official election outcomes in Russia and Colombia. This essay concludes the implications of the study.