Turnout in gubernatorial and senatorial primary and general elections in the South, 1922-90: A rational choice model of the effects of short-run and long-run electoral competition on relative turnout

Public Choice

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 407-421

  Hanks, Christopher ^a   Grofman, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032366447     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017919322749     Document Type: Article

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