The grievance asymmetry revisited: A micro study of economic voting in Denmark, 1986-92

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-99

  Nannestad, Peter ^a   Paldam, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Cost of ruling; Grievance asymmetry; Popularity function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067029     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(96)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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