Ballot Propositions and Information Costs: Direct Democracy and the Fatigued Voter

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 559-568

  Bowler, Shaun ^a   Donovan, Todd ^a   Happ, Trudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000018705     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591299204500216     Document Type: Article

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