Why do people vote? The cognitive-illusion proposition and its test

Kyklos

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 355-378

  Opp, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034997911     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2001.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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