Why do people vote? An experiment in rationality

Public Choice

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 39-55

  Blais, André ^a   Young, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0033417667     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018341418956     Document Type: Article

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